An ultrasound image enhancement method using local gradient based fuzzy similarity

Biomedical Signal Processing and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-101

  Binaee, Kamran ^a   Hasanzadeh, Reza P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuzzy IF THEN rules; Local gradient; Multiplicative noise; Ultrasound images

Indexed keywords

FUZZY FILTERS; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY RULES; PIXELS; RESTORATION; ULTRASONICS;

FUZZY IF-THEN RULES; LOCAL GRADIENTS; MULTIPLICATIVE NOISE; SEGMENTATION METHODS; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGE ENHANCEMENTS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; FUZZY LOGIC; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE REDUCTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; FILTER; FUZZY SYSTEM; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLICATIVE NOISE; NOISE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84899847931     PISSN: 17468094     EISSN: 17468108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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