Motion-guided anisotropic filtering of ultrasound sequences

2006 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 209-212

  Grau, V ^a   Noble, J Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC FILTERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOTION ESTIMATION;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33750940209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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