A stochastic approach to ultrasound despeckling

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 221-224

  Tay, Peter C ^a   Acton, Scott T ^a   Hossack, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FISHER DISCRIMINANT CONTRAST METRIC; OUTLIERS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33750954370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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