For the ultrasound images accurate segmentation problem, this paper proposes a novel SVM semi-supervised segmentation method based on major features in curvelet domain. Firstly, ultrasound images were decomposed into different directions and frequencies in the curvelet domain, then the cauchy model was used to simulate curvelet coefficients distribution, thus the main distribution of the curvel...

Texture classification has played an important role in many real life applications. Now, classification based on wavelet transform is being very popular. Wavelets are very effective in representing objects with isolated point singularities, but failed to represent line singularities. Recently, ridgelet transform which deal effectively with line singularities in 2-D is introduced. But images oft...

In this paper, we proposed a technique for facial expression representation based on combination of Curvelet Transform and Complete Local Binary Pattern (CLBP). The curvelet transform offers improved directional capability, better ability to represent edges and other singularities along curves as compared to other traditional multiscale transforms. Hence, we transform original face images to fr...

Image-object extraction is one of the most important parts in the image processing. Object extraction is the technique of extracting objects from the pre-processed image in such a way that within – class similarity is maximized and between – class similarity is minimized. In this paper, a new method of extracting objects from grey scale static images using Fast Discrete Curvelet Transform (FDCT...

In this article a new method is introduced for distinguishing roots and background based on their digital curvelet transform in minirhizotron images. In the proposed method, the nonlinear mapping is applied on sub-band curvelet components followed by boundary detection using energy optimization concept. The curvelet transform has the excellent capability in detecting roots with different orient...

The process of interpretation of high-speed optical coherence tomography (OCT) images is restricted due to the large speckle noise. To address this problem, this paper proposes a new method using two-dimensional (2D) curvelet-based K-SVD algorithm for speckle noise reduction and contrast enhancement of intra-retinal layers of 2D spectral-domain OCT images. For this purpose, we take curvelet tra...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Merging multimodal images is a useful tool for accurate and efficient diagnosis and analysis in medical applications. The acquired data are a high-quality fused image that contains more information than an individual image. In this paper, we focus on the fusion of MRI gray scale images and PET color images. METHODS For the fusion of MRI gray scale images and PET color image...

Resolution enhancement(RE) methods that are independent of wavelets i.e. interpolation methods leads to blurring as high frequency components are lost.RE scheme based on Discrete wavelet transform(DWT) leads to artifacts due to shift variant property. A complex wavelet-domain image resolution enhancement algorithm based on dual-tree complex wavelet transform (DT-CWT) with non local means(NLM) a...

Counting people and estimating their densities over a certain area is a fundamental task for many artificial intelligence systems. In this study, sub-difference images of curvelet transform are postulated as an efficient source for effective crowd estimation features. The new algorithm is described in detail in the form of a case study conducted at the Holy Haram in Madinah. The application of ...

Colour images are being used in many fields of research. One of the major issues of these types of colour images is their poor perception. A new method to enhance the colour image which using the concept of curvelet and multi structure decomposition. The proposed enhancement technique uses DCT (Discrete Curvelet Transform) to decomposed input image into different sub bands. Multi Structure (Mor...