A SURVEY ON MEDICAL IMAGES

Abstract

Medical Images play a major role in analyzing the abnormalities in human body. Modern medical instruments are able to produce different views of images which can be used for better diagnoses and accurate treatment. Processing of medical images using computers will help the medical experts to take right decision in right time to save human lives. In this paper, various formats of images based on storage in computers and the different types of medical imaging based on various medical applications are discussed. Medical imaging is the idea to improve the content of the images taken from different imaging tools like X-Rays, Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Ultrasound, Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), etc. The various types of Medical images, their advantages and disadvantages along with the format of medical images, their characteristics and the comparison of CT, MRI & Ultra sound imaging are discussed briefly in this paper.