Computerized automation of wavelet based denoising method to reduce speckle noise in OCT images

5th Int. Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB 2008 in conjunction with 2nd Int. Symposium and Summer School on Biomedical and Health Engineering, IS3BHE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 120-123

  Gupta, Vikas ^a   Chan, Chi Chiu ^a   Poh, Chueh Loo ^a   Chow, Tzu Hao ^b   Meng, Tay Chia ^b   Koon, Ng Beng ^b  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DE; Parameter selection; SNR; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; APPLICATIONS; COHERENT LIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEALTH; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECKLE; TOMOGRAPHY;

DE; DE-NOISING; DE-NOISING METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; IN-VIVO; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; LIVING TISSUES; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL-COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARAMETER SELECTION; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; SELECTION PROCESSES; SNR; SPECKLE NOISES; SUMMER SCHOOLS; WAVELETS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 51849132555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2008.4570582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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