Speckle reduction in ultrasound images of atherosclerotic carotid plaque

International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, DSP

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 525-528

  Loizou, C ^a   Christodoulou, C ^b   Pattichis, C S ^c   Istepanian, R ^d   Pantziaris, M ^b   Nicolaides, A ^b  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d Biological Sciences   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECKLE; ULTRASONICS;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; FILTERING TECHNIQUE; GEOMETRIC FILTERING; LOCAL STATISTICS; SPECKLE FILTERING; SPECKLE REDUCTION; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84948695004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICDSP.2002.1028143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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