Photothermally-induced disordered patterns of corneal collagen revealed by SHG imaging

P Matteini, F Ratto, F Rossi, R Cicchi, C Stringari… - Optics express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
The loss of organization of the corneal collagen lattice induced by photothermal effects was
analyzed by using second-harmonic generation (SHG) imaging. Porcine cornea samples …

Extracting tumor in MR brain and breast image with Kapur's entropy based Cuckoo Search Optimization and morphological reconstruction filters

R Sumathi, M Venkatesulu, SP Arjunan - Biocybernetics and Biomedical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners are used to determine the presence
of tumors in human bodies. In clinical oncology, algorithms are heavily used to analyze and …

An information-theoretic image quality measure: comparison with statistical similarity

AF Hassan, D Cailin, ZM Hussain - 2014 - ro.ecu.edu.au
We present an information-theoretic approach for structural similarity for assessing gray
scale image quality. The structural similarity measure SSIM, proposed in 2004, has been …

Speckle noise reduction and entropy minimization approach for medical images

N Mehta, S Prasad - International Journal of Information Technology, 2021 - Springer
Speckle noise is a commonly known phenomenon for ultrasound imaging systems, which
got introduced due to random interference of coherent waves. The measurement of …

A watershed approach for improving medical image segmentation

EA Zanaty, A Afifi - Computer methods in biomechanics and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, a novel watershed approach based on seed region growing and image
entropy is presented which could improve the medical image segmentation. The proposed …

Examination of effects of low-frequency ultrasound on scleral permeability and collagen network

WLL Suen, J Jiang, HS Wong, J Qu, Y Chau - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Delivery of therapeutics to the intraocular space or to targeted tissues in the posterior
segment is challenging because of the structural and dynamic barriers surrounding the eye …

[PDF][PDF] A new validity index for fuzzy C-means for automatic medical image clustering

SF Bahght, S Aljahdali, EA Zanaty… - International Journal of …, 2012 - academia.edu
Many clustering and segmentation algorithms suffer from the limitation that the number of
clusters/segments is specified by a human user. It is often impractical to expect a human with …

Segmenting MRI brain tumor images using modified Cuckoo search optimization with morphological reconstruction filters

R Sumathi, M Venkatesulu - 2019 IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cancer is dangerous diseases and it affects the entire body if necessary steps are taken to
prevent the starting stage of tumor, to measure the tumor growth and ensure that tumor is …

A modified watershed transformation for distorted brain tissue segmentation

EA Zanaty - Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
In this paper, we present an approach based on combining a modified watershed transform
with seed region growing for improving brain tissue segmentation. The watershed transform …

Application of image registration techniques in dynamic magnetic resonance imaging of breast

K Kuczyński, M Siczek, R Stęgierski - Journal of Medical …, 2011 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) is a relatively new,
promising technique for breast cancer diagnostics. A few series of images of the same body …