Artifact suppressed dictionary learning for low-dose CT image processing

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2271-2292

  Chen, Yang ^a,b,c   Shi, Luyao ^a,b,c   Feng, Qianjing ^d   Yang, Jian ^e   Shu, Huazhong ^a,b,c   Luo, Limin ^a,b,c   Coatrieux, Jean Louis ^b,f   Chen, Wufan ^d  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Centre de Recherche en Information Biomedicale Sino Francais (LIA CRIBs)   (France)

^c Ministry of Education   (China)

^d SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Artifact suppressed dictionary learning algorithm (ASDL); artifact suppression; dictionary learning; low dose computed tomography (LDCT); noise

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84914151853     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2014.2336860     Document Type: Article

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