Noise filtering using edge-driven adaptive anisotropic diffusion

Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 29-34

  Ardizzone, Edoardo ^a   Pirrone, Roberto ^a   Gallea, Roberto ^a   Gambino, Orazio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropic diffusion; Brain MRI; Magnetic resonance images; Noise removal

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; BRAIN MRI; COMPUTER-BASED MEDICAL SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; NOISE FILTERING; NOISE REMOVAL; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS;

WAVE FILTERS;

EID: 51849125649     PISSN: 10637125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CBMS.2008.31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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