Research Article

Variable-Order Fractional Diffusion Model-Based Medical Image Denoising

Table 1

The PSNR and MSE values obtained by applying different test images.

ModelsAvg. PSNRMSEIterations (sec)

OCT-retina image ( and )
 Integer-order diffusion31.9736.534.0531.4533.490.990.69
 Fractional-order diffusion38.1439.9535.2734.8137.040.670.67
 Proposed model41.0444.6344.0541.2942.750.440.53

MRI-brain image ( and )
 Integer-order diffusion24.1924.1624.1924.1524.170.750.68
 Fractional-order diffusion36.1436.1836.1936.1536.170.250.66
 Proposed model43.5043.7343.8444.1343.80.150.50

CT-lung image ( and )
 Integer-order diffusion26.7225.6924.9725.7325.780.270.66
 Fractional-order diffusion36.4937.1937.1136.5536.840.210.64
 Proposed model44.0944.5744.5044.2944.360.190.54

X-ray-spider image ( and )
 Integer-order diffusion30.8932.7232.7532.2632.150.350.66
 Fractional-order diffusion40.3041.0641.0741.0140.860.310.62
 Proposed model44.1344.0344.0143.9944.040.240.56