X-ray angiogram images enhancement by facet-based adaptive anisotropic diffusion

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-147

  Wang, Guodong ^a   Sang, Nong ^a   Yan, Luxin ^a   Shen, Xubang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive enhancement; Angiogram; Anisotropic diffusion; Facet model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ENHANCEMENT; ANGIOGRAM; ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; CLINICAL DIAGNOSES; CONDUCTANCE PARAMETERS; DIFFUSION PROCESSES; EDGE ENHANCEMENTS; EIGENVALUES; EVOLUTION TIMES; FACET MODEL; IMAGE CONTENTS; NONLINEAR DIFFUSION MODELS; NONLINEAR DIFFUSIONS;

ANISOTROPY; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY;

DIFFUSION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANISOTROPY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NOISE REDUCTION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY; X RAY ANGIOGRAM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY VESSELS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 58149151074     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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