Nonlinear multi-scale complex wavelet diffusion based speckle reduction approach for 3D ultrasound images

Muhammad Shahin Uddin; Murat Tahtali; Andrew J. Lambert; Mark R. Pickering; Margaret Marchese; Iain Stuart

doi:10.1117/12.2061891

23 September 2014 Nonlinear multi-scale complex wavelet diffusion based speckle reduction approach for 3D ultrasound images

Muhammad Shahin Uddin, Murat Tahtali, Andrew J. Lambert, Mark R. Pickering, Margaret Marchese, Iain Stuart

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Proceedings Volume 9217, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXXVII; 92171A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061891
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

3D ultrasound imaging has advantages as a non-invasive and a faster examination procedure capable of displaying volume information in real time. However, its resolution is affected by speckle noise. Speckle reduction and feature preservation are seemingly opposing goals. In this paper, a nonlinear multi-scale complex wavelet diffusion based algorithm for 3D ultrasound imaging is introduced. Speckle is suppressed and sharp edges are preserved by applying iterative multi-scale diffusion on the complex wavelet coefficients. The proposed method is validated using synthetic, real phantom, and clinical 3D images, and it is found to outperform other methods in both qualitative and quantitative measures.

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Muhammad Shahin Uddin, Murat Tahtali, Andrew J. Lambert, Mark R. Pickering, Margaret Marchese, and Iain Stuart "Nonlinear multi-scale complex wavelet diffusion based speckle reduction approach for 3D ultrasound images", Proc. SPIE 9217, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXXVII, 92171A (23 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061891

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