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Multi-modal image fusion techniques aid the medical experts in better disease diagnosis by providing adequate complementary information from multi-modal medical images. These techniques enhance the effectiveness of medical disorder analysis and classification of results. This study aims at proposing a novel technique using deep learning for the fusion of multi-modal medical images. The modified 2D Adaptive Bilateral Filters (M-2D-ABF) algorithm is used in the image pre-processing for filtering various types of noises. The contrast and brightness are improved by applying the proposed Energy-based CLAHE algorithm in order to preserve the high energy regions of the multimodal images. Images from two different modalities are first registered using mutual information and then registered images are fused to form a single image. In the proposed fusion scheme, images are fused using Siamese Neural Network and Entropy (SNNE)-based image fusion algorithm. Particularly, the medical images are fused by using Siamese convolutional neural network structure and the entropy of the images. Fusion is done on the basis of score of the SoftMax layer and the entropy of the image. The fused image is segmented using Fast Fuzzy C Means Clustering Algorithm (FFCMC) and Otsu Thresholding. Finally, various features are extracted from the segmented regions. Using the extracted features, classification is done using Logistic Regression classifier. Evaluation is performed using publicly available benchmark dataset. Experimental results using various pairs of multi-modal medical images reveal that the proposed multi-modal image fusion and classification techniques compete the existing state-of-the-art techniques reported in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Noise filtering performance in medical images is improved using a neuro‐fuzy network developed with the combination of a post processor and two neuro‐fuzzy (NF) filters. By the fact, the Sugeno‐type is found to be less accurate during impulse noise reduction process. In this paper, we propose an improved firefly algorithm based hybrid neuro‐fuzzy filter in both the NF filters to improve noise reduction performance. The proposed noise reduction system combines the advantages of the neural, fuzzy and firefly algorithms. In addition, an improved version of firefly algorithm called searching diversity based particle swarm firefly algorithm is used to reduce the local trapping problem as well as to determine the optimal shape of membership function in fuzzy system. Experimental results show that the proposed filter has proved its effectiveness on reducing the impulse noise in medical images against different impulse noise density levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]