Multiresolution denoising for optical coherence tomography: A review and evaluation

Current Medical Imaging Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 270-284

  Pižurica, Aleksandra ^a   Jovanov, Ljubomir ^a   Huysmans, Bruno ^a   Zlokolica, Vladimir ^b   De Keyser, Paul ^c   Dhaenens, Frans ^c   Philips, Wilfried ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c AGFA GEVAERT N V   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Image denoising; Optical coherence tomography; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; DIGITAL FILTERING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NOISE REDUCTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 65349170290     PISSN: 15734056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340508786404044     Document Type: Review

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