Medical imaging appliances play a pivotal role in preventive medicine as the industry combat to low patient expense and acquire early disease estimation using nonintrusive methods. There are proprietary software packages which provide fast development for designing image processing algorithms. Another trend is to use open source softwares. With the advancement of VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) technology, hardware implementation has also become an alternative. Proprietary hardwares provide flexibility, efficient power and timing constraints whereas open source hardwares provide optimum quality and cost constraints. The Present study is useful for image architects, researchers, biologists to learn various proprietary and open sources softwares as well as hardwares utilized for distinct applications of the healthcare industry.
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