Introduction
Material and methods
CT and MRI images
Simulation tool/software used (MATLAB 7.1)
Image fusion using wavelet transform
Curvelet transform
Hybrid image fusion technique
Proposed work (hybrid of wavelet and curvelet fusion rules)
Performance parameters for determining the quality of fused Image
Results
Hybrid image fusion using GUI interface of MATLAB
Fusion methods
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Metrics
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Entropy
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RMSE
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PSNR
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CC
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MI
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Q
AB/F
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Select maximum | 6.63 | 4.248 | 29.56 | 0.61 | 5.23 | 0.55 |
Select minimum | 2.89 | 15.23 | 23.25 | 0.67 | 6.92 | 0.74 |
Simple average | 4.23 | 13.23 | 27.32 | 0.71 | 4.81 | 0.65 |
Principle component | 6.34 | 3.421 | 36.12 | 0.88 | 5.89 | 0.79 |
Laplace transform | 7.45 | 3.921 | 39.24 | 0.90 | 4.56 | 0.80 |
Wavelet transform | 7.77 | 3.442 | 29.33 | 0.92 | 6.23 | 0.89 |
Curvelet transform | 8.54 | 3.436 | 38.77 | 0.89 | 6.85 | 0.75 |
Hybrid transform | 8.81 | 3.316 | 41.91 | 0.85 | 7.44 | 0.91 |