Ultrasonic b-mode image enhancement based on level-dependent spread functions

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 205-230

  Collaris, R J ^a   Hoeks, A P G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

contrast enhancement; edge enhancement; image enhancement; level dependent spatial summation; speckle reduction; spread function

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECKLE;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EDGE ENHANCEMENTS; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SPECKLE REDUCTION; SPREAD FUNCTIONS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL SUMMATION;

EID: 0028659191     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469401600401     Document Type: Article

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