Physics of fractional imaging in biomedicine

Sohail, A; Beg, OA; Li, Z; Maqbool, K

Abstract

Medical imaging is a rapidly evolving sub-field of biomedical engineering as it considers novel approaches to visualizing biological tissues with the general goal of improving health. Medical imaging research provides improved diagnostic tools in clinical settings and thereby assists in the development of drugs and other therapies. Data acquisition and diagnostic interpretation with minimum error are important technical aspects of medical imaging. The image quality and resolution are critical in visualization of the internal aspects of patient’s body. Although a number of user-friendly resources are available for processing image features, such as enhancement, colour manipulation and compression, the development and refinement of new processing methods is still a worthwhile endeavour. In this article we aim to highlight the role of fractional calculus in imaging with the aid of a variety of practical examples.

Citation

Sohail, A., Beg, O., Li, Z., & Maqbool, K. (2018). Physics of fractional imaging in biomedicine. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 140(Dec 18), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.03.002

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 8, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Mar 12, 2018
• Publication Date: Mar 12, 2018
• Deposit Date: Mar 9, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 12, 2019
• Journal: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• Print ISSN: 0079-6107
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Volume: 140
• Issue: Dec 18
• Pages: 13-20
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.03.002
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.03.002
• Related Public URLs: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/Progress-in-Biophysics-and-Molecular-Biology