Recasted nonlinear complex diffusion method for removal of Rician noise from breast MRI images

Pradeep Kumar, Subodh Srivastava and Y Padma Sai

The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 2023, vol. 20, issue 2, 269-282

Abstract: The evolution of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) leads to the study of the internal anatomy of the breast. It maps the physical features along with functional characteristics of selected regions. However, its mapping accuracy is affected by the presence of Rician noise. This noise limits the qualitative and quantitative measures of breast image. This paper proposes recasted nonlinear complex diffusion filter for sharpening the details and removal of Rician noise. It follows maximum likelihood estimation along with optimal parameter selection of complex diffusion where the overall functionality is balanced by regularization parameters. To make recasted nonlinear complex diffusion, the edge threshold constraint “k†of diffusion coefficient is reformed. It is replaced by the standard deviation of the image. It offers a wide range of threshold as variability present in the image with respect to edge. It also provides an automatic selection of “k†instead of user-based value. A series of evaluation has been conducted with respect to different noise ratios further quality improvement of MRI. The qualitative and quantitative assessments of evaluations are tested for the Reference Image Database to Evaluate Therapy Response (RIDER) Breast database. The proposed method is also compared with other existing methods. The quantitative assessment includes the parameters of the full-reference image, human visual system, and no-reference image. It is observed that the proposed method is capable of preserving edges, sharpening the details, and removal of Rician noise.

Keywords: Breast; complex diffusion; magnetic resonance image; maximum likelihood estimation; Rician noise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/15485129211052284

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