Wavelet lifting for speckle noise reduction in ultrasound images

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 3129-3132

  Chen, Yuan ^a   Raheja, Amar ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic diffusion; Generalized cross validation; Noise reduction; Wavelet lifting

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ULTRASONICS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; GENERALIZED CROSS VALIDATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; WAVELET LIFTING;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 33846914952     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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