Quantum medical images processing foundations and applications

Medical imaging is considered one of the most important areas within scientific imaging due to the rapid and ongoing development in computer-aided medical image visualisation, advances in analysis approaches, and computer-aided diagnosis. Here, the principles of quantum computation and information to develop the field of medical image processing will be reviewed. The advancement of quantum computation in image processing has proved its outstanding properties for processing and storage capacity compared to the classical methods. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the common advanced approaches, methodologies and advanced applications in medical images based on quantum computation.