Markov models of specular and diffuse scattering in restoration of medical ultrasound images

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 660-669

  Hokland, Jorn H ^a   Kelly, Patrick A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA STRUCTURES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECKLE; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

IMAGE MODEL; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES; SMOOTHNESS CONSTRAINTS; STOCHASTIC RELAXATION; TISSUE REFLECTANCE; WIENER FILTERING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0030189287     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.503728     Document Type: Article

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