Noise reduction in spine videofluoroscopic images using the undecimated wavelet transform

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 453-459

  De Stefano, A ^a   Allen, R ^a   White, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image denoising; Spine; Training; Undecimated wavelet transform; Videofluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; SPINE MOVEMENT; VIDEOFLUOROSCOPY;

IMAGE PROCESSING; NOISE ABATEMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FLUOROSCOPY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SOFTWARE; SPINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 8444241876     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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