Systematic Evaluation on Speckle Suppression Methods in Examination of Ultrasound Breast Images

Breast ultrasound is an important tool used in the medical treatment and diagnosis of breast tumor. However, noise defined as speckles are generated inevitably. Although the existence of speckle may be beneficial to diagnosis if used by a well-trained observer, it often causes disturbance which nega...

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Main Authors: Xiangfei Feng, Xiaoyu Guo, Qinghua Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-12-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/1/37