Discrete wavelet transform vs. wavelet packets for texture analysis of ultrasound images of carotid atherosclerosis

Final Program and Abstract Book - 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tsiaparas, Nikolaos ^a   Golemati, Spyretta ^b   Stoitsis, John ^a   Nikita, Konstantina S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Haar; Texture analysis; Ultrasound imaging; Wavelet analysis; Wavelet packets

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BASIS FUNCTIONS; DECOMPOSITION SCHEME; DESCRIPTORS; HAAR; HAAR FILTER; LOW FREQUENCY; SUBIMAGES; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; WAVELET PACKET; WAVELET PACKETS;

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TEXTURES; ULTRASONICS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 77949594521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2009.5394445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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