Speckle Reduction Through Interactive Evolution of a General Order Statistics Filter for Clinical Ultrasound Imaging

Author

Munteanu, Cristian ; Morales, Francisco Cabrera ; Ruiz-Alzola, Juan

Author_Institution

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Univ., Tafira Las Palmas

Volume

55

Issue

1

fYear

2008

Firstpage

365

Lastpage

369

Abstract

This communication presents an interactive tool performing adaptive speckle filtering so that the medical expert who runs the algorithm has permanent control over the output and guides the process towards obtaining enhanced images that agree to his/her subjective quality criteria. The core of the filtering tool is an interactive genetic algorithm that adapts online the coefficients of a general order statistics filter. Preliminary results show the potential of the method in comparison to other powerful speckle reduction filters on a test bed comprising obstetrics and gynecology ultrasound images.

Keywords

biomedical ultrasonics; genetic algorithms; image enhancement; medical image processing; speckle; adaptive speckle filtering; clinical ultrasound imaging; image enhancement; interactive genetic algorithm; speckle reduction; Adaptive control; Adaptive filters; Biomedical imaging; Communication system control; Filtering algorithms; Genetic algorithms; Programmable control; Speckle; Statistics; Ultrasonic imaging; Genetic algorithms; genetic algorithms; speckle denoising; subjective quality assessment; ultrasound; Algorithms; Artifacts; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Echoencephalography; Humans; Image Enhancement; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Ultrasonography, Prenatal;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9294

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBME.2007.897833

Filename

4360036