Speckle noise reduction based on least squares approximation

IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 430-433

  Suvichakorn, Aimamorn ^a   Chinrungrueng, Chedsada ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LOW PASS FILTERS; POLYNOMIALS; SPECKLE;

COMPUTATION TIME; MEDIAN FILTERS; SPECKLE NOISE; ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 2342446521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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