Modified ultrasound despeckling assessment index for the Field II simulated cyst image

GÜNGÖR M. A., KARAGÖZ İ.

IET IMAGE PROCESSING, cilt.11, sa.9, ss.667-671, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1049/iet-ipr.2016.0582
  • Dergi Adı: IET IMAGE PROCESSING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.667-671
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Various methods have been proposed to reduce speckle noise, which decreases image quality in ultrasound images. The Field II simulated cyst image consists of three classes and is used to compare a proposed despeckle filter with other well-known filters. The ultrasound despeckling assessment index (USDSAI) is a metric used to evaluate the proposed despeckling filters for the cyst image. This metric should be used when different regions are properly defined. In this study, the authors first analysed the performance of USDSAI for the cyst image. Then, the authors modified the USDSAI by proposing a new metric for the background class of the cyst image and evaluated its performance. The results show that the authors' proposed metric has better performance than USDSAI.