Rayleigh-maximum-likelihood bilateral filter for ultrasound image enhancement

Abstract Background Ultrasound imaging plays an important role in computer diagnosis since it is non-invasive and cost-effective. However, ultrasound images are inevitably contaminated by noise and speckle during acquisition. Noise and speckle directly impact the physician to interpret the images an...

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Main Authors: Haiyan Li, Jun Wu, Aimin Miao, Pengfei Yu, Jianhua Chen, Yufeng Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-017-0336-9