Image improvement in the wavelet domain for optical coherence tomograms

Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-78

  Wang, Yingli ^a   Liang, Yanmei ^a   Wang, Jingyi ^a   Zhang, Shu ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

image enhancement; noise in imaging systems; Optical coherence tomography; wavelets

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT MODELING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST OF IMAGE; IMAGE IMPROVEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; NOISE IN IMAGING SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; THREE PARAMETERS; VISUAL EFFECTS; WAVELET DENOISING; WAVELET DOMAIN; WAVELETS;

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY;

OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 79960708272     PISSN: 17935458     EISSN: 17937205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793545811001265     Document Type: Article

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