A speckle reduction filter using wavelet-based methods for medical imaging application

International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, DSP

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1169-1172

  Kang, Su Cheol ^a   Hong, Seung Hong ^b  

^a INCOM I and C R and D Center 15F ^*  (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE DENOISING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECKLE; STATISTICS; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF LOOKS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; REAL-TIME APPLICATION; SPECIALIZED HARDWARE; THRESHOLD PARAMETERS; WAVELET-BASED METHODS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 18144413180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICDSP.2002.1028301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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