Adaptive ultrasonic speckle reduction based on the slope-facet model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1161-1175

  Huang, Huan Chao ^a   Chen, Jau Yuen ^b   Wang, Sheng De ^a   Chen, Chung Ming ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Epson Palo Alto Laboratory   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flat facet model; Signal dependent noise; Slope facet model; Speckle model; Speckle reduction; Symmetrical window; Ultrasound image

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; SPECKLE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SLOPE-FACET MODELS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0041431004     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)00927-X     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Abd-Elmoniem K.Z., Youssef A.B.M., Kadah Y.M. Real-time speckle reduction and coherence enhancement in ultrasound imaging via nonlinear anisotropic diffusion. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 49:2002;997-1014.
2. Achim A., Bezerianos A., Tsakalides P. Novel Bayesian multiscale method for speckle removal in medical ultrasound images. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 20:(8):2001;772-783.
3. Chen C.M., Lu H.H.S., Han K.C. A textural approach based on Gabor functions for texture edge detection in ultrasound images. Ultrasound Med Biol. 27:2000;515-534.
4. Chen Y., Broschat S.L., Flynn P.J. Phase insensitive homomorphic image processing for speckle reduction. Ultrason Imaging. 18:1996;122-139.
5. Chen Y., Yin R., Flynn P., Broschat S.L. Aggressive region growing for speckle reduction in ultrasound images. Pattern Recog Lett. 24:2003;677-691.
6. Chinrungrueng C., Suvichakorn A. Fast edge-preserving noise reduction for ultrasound images. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci. 48:2001;849-854.
7. Donoho D.L. De-noising by soft-thresholding. IEEE Trans Inform Theory. 41:1995;613-627.
8. Dutt V., Greenleaf J.F. Statistics of the log-compressed echo envelope. J Accoust Soc Am. 99:1996;3817-3825.
9. George N., Christensen C.R., Bennerr J.S., Guenther B.D. Speckle noise in displays. J Opt Soc Am. 66:1976;1282-1290.
10. Hao X., Gao S., Gao X. A novel multiscale nonlinear thresholding method for ultrasonic speckle suppressing. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 18:(9):1999;787-794.
11. Haralick R.M., Watson L. A facet model for image data. Comput Graph Image Process. 15:1981;113-129.
12. Jain A.K. Fundamentals of digital image processing. 1989;Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
13. Jakeman E., Tough R.J.A. Generalized K distribution A statistical model for weak scattering . J Opt Soc Am. 4:1987;1764-1772.
14. Karaman M., Alper Kutay M., Bozdagi G. An adaptive speckle suppression filter for medical ultrasound imaging. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 14:(2):1995;283-292.
15. Kirsch R.A. Computer determination of the constitute structure of biological images. Comput Biomed Res. 4:1971;315-328.
16. Koivunen V. A robust nonlinear filter for image restoration. IEEE Trans Image Process. 4:1995;569-578.
17. Kotropoulos C. Nonlinear ultrasonic image processing based on signal-adaptive filters and self-organizing neural networks. IEEE Trans Image Process. 3:(1):1994;65-77.
18. Kozma A., Christensen C.R. Effect of speckle on resolution. J Opt Soc Am. 66:1976;1257-1260.
19. Li P.C., O'Donnell M. Elevational spatial compounding. Ultrason Imaging. 16:1994;176-189.
20. Loupas T., McDicken W.N., Allan P.L. An adaptive weighted median filter for speckle suppression in medical ultrasonic images. IEEE Trans Circ Sys. 36:1989;129-135.
21. Macey K.E., Page W.H. Wavelet median denoising of ultrasound images. Proc SPIE. 4684:(II):2002;1151-1160.
22. Quistgaard J.U. Signal acquisition and processing in medical diagnostic ultrasound. IEEE Signal Proc Mag. 1:1997;67-74.
23. Rakotomamonjy A., Marche P. Wavelet-based enhancement of lesion detectability in ultrasound B-scan images. Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2:1998;808-811.
24. Thijssen J.M. Ultrasonic speckle formation, analysis and processing applied to tissue characterization. Patt Recog Lett. 24:2003;659-675.
25. Thijssen J.M., Oosterveld B.J. Texture in tissue echogram Speckle or information? J Ultrasound Med. 9:1990;215-229.
26. Toothaker L.E. Multiple comparison procedures. 1993;Sage Publications, Newbury Park, California.
27. Tuthill T.A., Sperry R.H., Parker K.J. Deviation from Rayleigh statistics in ultrasonic speckle. Ultrason Imaging. 10:1988;81-90.
28. Wanger RF, Smith SW, Sandrik JM, Lopez H. Statistics of speckle in ultrasound B-scans. IEEE Trans Sonics Ultrason 1983;SU-30:156-163.
29. Yang P.M., Huang G.T., Lin J.T., et al. Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of benign diffuse parenchymal liver diseases A prospective study . J Formosan Med Assoc. 87:1988;966-977.
30. Zong X., Laine A.F., Geiser E.A. Speckle reduction and contrast enhancement of echocardiograms via multiscale nonlinear processing. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 17:(4):1998;532-540.