Quantum Computing in Image Processing

Hossein Ebrahimpour-Komleh, Ali Hadipour

Quantum computing, with its promise of exponential speedups and novel algorithms, has emerged as a revolutionary technology in various computational fields, including image processing. This survey provides a comprehensive review of the applications of quantum computing in image processing, exploring how quantum algorithms and hardware can address classical challenges such as image compression, enhancement, pattern recognition, and image recovery. The paper delves into the theoretical foundations of quantum computing, discusses current advancements, and compares quantum methods with traditional approaches. Moreover, it identifies the key challenges, such as scalability and hardware limitations, that currently hinder the widespread adoption of quantum techniques in image processing. Finally, the survey outlines future research directions, highlighting the potential for further integration of quantum computing with advanced image processing technologies like deep learning. This work aims to serve as a foundational reference for researchers and practitioners interested in the intersection of quantum computing and image processing.

J. Jennifer Ranjani

Fei Yan, Salvador Elías Venegas-Andraca

Akey Sungheetha

The tremendous parallel processing capability of quantum computers allow quantum image processing, a multidisciplinary field combining image processing and quantum computing, to expand the potential outcomes for image processing. The problem of quantum computation is to create effective quantum algorithms since quantum computers need extremely effective algorithms than classical algorithm. Additionally, information storage, communication, and computing power are increasing in relevance with the number and importance of processing digital images. Some of these issues might be resolved by encoding the visual data in quantum-mechanical systems as opposed to classical methods and by switching from classical to quantum information processing. Moreover, the quantum image processing is analysed based on the recent research works and is summarized. This study projects the application of quantum image processing and challenges.

Woon Siong Gan

Ahmed E Elaraby

Abstract 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.