Speckle removal in medical ultrasound images by compounding and filtering

Ultrasound imaging is greatly affected by a kind of artifacts called as speckle. This research work focuses on developing efficient speckle reduction methods to increase the quality of ultrasound images. In this research, a spatial compounding using subapertures is discussed. The transmit-receive...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhang, Lichen
Other Authors: Wong Moon Chung, Eddie
Format: Thesis
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/3983