Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsA Comprehensive Review of Medical Image Denoising: Techniques, Challenges, Applications and Future DirectionsMohit Sharma, Ayush Dogra, Anita Gupta et al.The concept of noise reduction in medical images plays a vital role in improving image quality and accuracy associated with diagnosis, and facilitating reliable automated analysis. This survey presents a structured overview of medical image denoising, beginning with foundational definitions and noise models for modalities such as MRI and CT. We critically evaluate persistent gaps, including the limited generalizability of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 22, Issue 3 · 28 Mar 2026 · 1,849 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsImage Cryptography with Least Squares ApproximationsMustafa K. Ramadhan, Adil AL-RammahiSecurity of digital images has become one of the most important issues in network technologies. Different techniques have been evolved over the past few years to provide security for digital images through concealing information, image scrambling and image encryption. The aim of this work is to enhance the network security level by using the cryptographic method based on the Least … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 11 · 20 Nov 2019 · 7,330 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsA New Discussion of Different Noises and FiltersP.N. Sundararajan, S. Sasi KumarIn digital image processing, noise acquisition and noise removal is required to enhance the quality of an image and during transmission variety of noise that affects the quality of the image. The major intension of filtering or de-noising the image is to reconstruct the detail of master image as much as possible. The metrics of the image noise removal trouble … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 12 · 3 Jan 2015 · 5,973 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsREMOVAL OF HIGH DENSITY IMPULSE NOISE USING MORPHOLOGICAL BASED ADAPTIVE UNSYMMETRICAL TRIMMED MID-POINT FILTERS. Saravanakumar, A. Ebenezer Jeyakumar, K. N. VijeyakumarA Morphological based Adaptive Unsymmetrical Trimmed Mid-Point Filter (MAUTMPF) for the restoration of gray scale images corrupted by salt and pepper noise for varying noise densities is proposed in this study. Images corrupted by impulsive noise severely hinder subsequent image processing tasks, such as edge detection, image segmentation, object recognition, etc. Therefore, it is absolutely essential to restore the original … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 7 · 17 Jun 2014 · 6,543 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsFPGA IMPLEMENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF IMPULSE NOISE REDUCTION IN IMAGESP. Thirumurugan, S. Sasikumar, C. SugapriyaThe images are affected by random valued impulse noises during the image capturing and processing stages. In this study, an efficient, high performance and low hardware utilized impulse noise reduction algorithm is presented. This methodology determines the optimum direction pixels through the estimation of standard deviation. The edges in the images are preserved during the process of impulse noise detection … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 7 · 19 Apr 2014 · 7,200 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsSPECKLE REDUCTION IN ULTRASOUND IMAGES USING NEIGHSHRINK AND BILATERAL FILTERINGR. Vanithamani, G. UmamaheswariSpeckle is a random multiplicative noise which obscures the perception and extraction of fine details in ultrasound images and speckle reduction is necessary to improve the visual quality of ultrasound images for better diagnosis. This study aims at introducing an algorithm by hybridizing bilateral filter with NeighShrink. The bilateral filter is applied before decomposition and after reconstruction of the image … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 4 · 19 Dec 2013 · 6,911 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsAmeliorate Fuzzy C-Means: An Ameliorate Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Algorithm for CT-Lung Image SegmentationJ. Bridget Nirmala, S. GowriEffective and efficient image segmentation acts as a preliminary stage for the computer-aided diagnosis of medical images. For image segmentation, many FCM-based clustering techniques have been proposed. Regrettably, the existing FCM technique does not generate accurate and standardized segmentation results. This is due to the noise present in the image as well as the random initialization of membership values for … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 11 · 1 Oct 2013 · 6,819 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsAn Enhanced Approach for Medical Brain Image EnhancementJ. Umamaheswari, G. RadhamaniProblem statement: One of the most common degradations in medical images is their poor contrast quality and noise. The DICOM image consists of speckle (multiplicative noise). While the image is enhanced, the multiplicative noise present in the image is also enhanced. Approach: This study describes the hybrid method to improve the image quality of Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 8 · 27 Jul 2012 · 6,964 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsNovel Fuzzy Technique for Cancer Detection in Noisy Breast Ultrasound ImagesN. Alamelumangai, J. DeviShreeProblem statement: Detecting tumor areas in breast Ultrasound (US) images is a challenging task. The occurrence of benign areas in breast may result in false identification of malignant areas which may have serious outcome. Approach: The CAD system could act as a major function in the early detection of breast cancer and could decrease the death rate among women with … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 5 · 12 Mar 2012 · 6,959 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsWarped Optical-Flow Inter-Frame Reconstruction for Ultrasound Image EnhancementBalza Achmad, Mohd Marzuki Mustafa, Aini HussainProblem statement: Optical flow inter-frame enhancement is one of the techniques to improve the quality of ultrasound images by reducing the speckle noise. The performance depends on accuracy of the optical flow inter-frame reconstruction which is a part of the technique. The speckle noise of an ultrasound image forms certain pattern, of which size of the speckle varies depends on … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 10 · 6 Aug 2011 · 7,212 accessesView PDFCite