Multi-resolution non-homogeneous anisotropic diffusion approach to enhance ultrasound breast tumor image legibility

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 98-107

  Yang, Zhi ^a   Fox, Martin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic diffusion; Breast tumor; Multi resolution; Non homogeneous PDE; Speckle noise; Ultrasound image

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; BREAST TUMOR; MULTI-RESOLUTIONS; NON-HOMOGENOUS PDE; SPECKLE NOISE; ULTRASOUND IMAGE;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 12144249929     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.536069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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