Neural filter with selection of input features and its application to image quality improvement of medical image sequences

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E85-D, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1710-1718

  Suzuki, Kenji ^a   Horiba, Isao ^a   Sugie, Naboru ^b   Nanki, Michio ^c  

^a AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatically selection; Dynamic filter; Edge preserving; Input feature; Optimal input

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); MEDICAL IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

NEURAL FILTERS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 0036826125     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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