Novel Bayesian multiscale method for speckle removal in medical ultrasound images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 772-783

  Achim, Alin ^a,b   Bezerianos, Anastasios ^a,b   Tsakalides, Panagiotis ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alpha stable distributions; Bayesian estimation; Ultrasound speckle; Wavelet decomposition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-STABLE DISTRIBUTIONS; BAYESIAN ESTIMATION; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND SPECKLE; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECKLE; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY;

BAYES THEOREM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035413315     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.938245     Document Type: Article

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