Eigendecomposition-based clutter filtering technique for optical microangiography

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2316-2323

  Yousefi, Siavash ^a   Zhi, Zhongwei ^b   Wang, Ruikang K ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutter rejection; eigenregression filters; filters; frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT); optical microangiography (OMAG)

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; BEST MEAN-SQUARE APPROXIMATION; BLOOD FLOW; BULK MOTION; CLUTTER FILTERING; CLUTTER REJECTION; CLUTTER SUPPRESSION; EIGENREGRESSION FILTERS; FLOW INFORMATIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HIGH-PASS FILTERING; IN-VIVO IMAGING; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS; MICRO-ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULAR; OPTICAL IMAGING; PHANTOM STUDIES; PHASE COMPENSATION; RESPIRATORY CYCLE; RETINAL IMAGING; TISSUE MOTION;

BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; MAMMALS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY);

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; EIGENDECOMPOSITION BASED CLUTTER FILTERING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL MICROANGIOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EAR; FLOW KINETICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULARIZATION; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EAR; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960743246     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2152839     Document Type: Article

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