Adaptive speckle reduction in ultrasound images using fuzzy logic on Coefficient of Variation

Biomedical Signal Processing and Control

Volumn 23, Issue , 2016, Pages 93-103

  Jai Jaganath Babu, Jayachandran ^a   Florence Sudha, Gnanou ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Fuzzy logic; Speckle noise; Structural similarity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; EDGE DETECTION; FUZZY LOGIC; MEDICAL IMAGING; NOISE ABATEMENT; SPECKLE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; ULTRASONICS;

ADAPTIVE SPECKLE REDUCTION; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; SPECKLE NOISE; SPECKLE NOISE REDUCTION; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY; ULTRASOUND MEDICAL IMAGES; WEIGHTED AVERAGING FILTERS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; NOISE REDUCTION; NOISE STANDARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECKLE NOISE REDUCTION;

EID: 84941578674     PISSN: 17468094     EISSN: 17468108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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