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Study of Single Scale Spatial Adaptive Filters, Diffusion Filters and Multi Scale Filters for Speckle Noise Suppression

by Gagandeep Kaur, Bhupinder Singh
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 135 - Number 10
Year of Publication: 2016
Authors: Gagandeep Kaur, Bhupinder Singh
10.5120/ijca2016908517

Gagandeep Kaur, Bhupinder Singh . Study of Single Scale Spatial Adaptive Filters, Diffusion Filters and Multi Scale Filters for Speckle Noise Suppression. International Journal of Computer Applications. 135, 10 ( February 2016), 16-21. DOI=10.5120/ijca2016908517

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author = { Gagandeep Kaur, Bhupinder Singh },
title = { Study of Single Scale Spatial Adaptive Filters, Diffusion Filters and Multi Scale Filters for Speckle Noise Suppression },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { February 2016 },
volume = { 135 },
number = { 10 },
month = { February },
year = { 2016 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 16-21 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume135/number10/24085-2016908517/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2016908517 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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Abstract

Ultrasound imaging owing to its low cost and non-invasive nature is a widely accepted imaging technique. The image quality in ultrasound images is degraded by a special type of acoustic noise known as speckle. Speckle noise is a random presence of bright and dark spots which hinders human interpretation of images and computer assisted diagnostic techniques. The success of ultrasonic examination depends upon image quality; therefore, despeckling is necessary to improve visual quality for better diagnosis. Several speckle reduction methods are applied to the ultrasound images to suppress noise and preserve the useful diagnostic information. This paper presents a review of multi-scale filters (wavelets), single scale spatial adaptive filters (viz. Median, Wiener, Lee, Frost, Kuan, and Gamma MAP filter) and two Diffusion filters (viz. Anisotropic Diffusion filter and Speckle Reduction Anisotropic Diffusion filter)that are widely used for speckle reduction in biomedical ultrasound B-scan images.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Ultrasound imaging speckle single scale spatial adaptive filters multi scale filters anisotropic diffusion filters shrinkage methods.