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A C da S Senra Filho¹, C E Garrido Salmon, L O Murta Junior

¹Department of Computing and Mathematics-FFCLRP, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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Anomalous diffusion filters (ADF) offer superior magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enhancement, especially for complex brain structures and various noise types. These novel filters outperform classical diffusion methods, improving image quality and preserving anatomical details.

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Area of Science:

Medical Imaging
Image Processing
Computational Physics

Background:

Diffusion processes, including anisotropic diffusion (AD), are standard for digital image enhancement.
Anomalous diffusion processes (ADP) are theorized for inhomogeneous media but their image enhancement efficacy remains unexplored.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) requires robust enhancement techniques for diagnostic accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and evaluate anomalous diffusion filters (IAD and AAD) for MRI enhancement.
To quantify the performance of ADP-based filters against classical diffusion methods on noisy MRI T2w images.
To assess the effectiveness of ADP filters across different anatomical regions and noise distributions.

Main Methods:

Developed discrete implementations of isotropic anomalous diffusion (IAD) and anisotropic anomalous diffusion (AAD) filters.
Applied IAD and AAD filters to noisy T2w MRI datasets (brain, chest, abdominal).
Quantified Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) gains and evaluated edge preservation compared to classical diffusion filters.

Main Results:

Anomalous diffusion filters demonstrated superior enhancement, particularly for complex brain structures.
ADP filters were more effective in enhancing images with Rayleigh and Gaussian noise.
Anisotropic anomalous diffusion (AAD) and isotropic anomalous diffusion (IAD) filters achieved a 26% SNR improvement for brain images over classical filters.
Optimal performance was observed for ADP filters within the parametric range of 1.2 < q < 1.6.

Conclusions:

Anomalous diffusion filters (IAD and AAD) are promising for qualitative and quantitative MRI enhancement.
The anomalous diffusion regime is better suited for MRI applications than classical diffusion.
Proposed filters effectively preserve anatomical edges and enhance images across diverse noise conditions common in MRI.