The homogeneity map method for speckle reduction in diagnostic ultrasound images
MEASUREMENT, cilt.68, ss.100-110, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 68
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.measurement.2015.02.047
- Dergi Adı: MEASUREMENT
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.100-110
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Homogeneity map method, Speckle noise, Image enhancement, Diagnostic ultrasound, ENHANCEMENT, SUPPRESSION, DIFFUSION, FILTER
- Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This paper proposes a new method to reduce speckle noise in diagnostic ultrasound images by improving the speckle reduction capacity of an edge-sensitive filter. A homogeneity map is generated according to the local statistics of the window formed for each image pixel. The homogeneity map method uses the advantageous properties of a filter with a better smoothing capability than the edge-sensitive filter to increase the image quality of the edge-sensitive filter. We conducted our study using a cyst image simulated by the Field II program, a kidney image, and a real ultrasound image to which we applied two popular filters: SRAD and OBNLM. The results show that our proposed method has better denoising performance than the edge-sensitive filter, without any loss of edges. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.