title: Compression and filtration of U.S. medical images with a modified inverse difference pyramid.
abstract: In this paper a new approach for compression and filtration of U.S. medical images is introduced. The application of the algorithm, based on image processing with an inverse difference pyramid (IDP) along with considerable image compression, permits filtration of a specific (speckle) noise in ultrasound images. The paper describes the principle of image decomposition and its modification designed specifically for this medical application. The paper also provides images that illustrate some of the results of this work.
authors.affiliation: Computer Science Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 72204, USA. mgmilanova@ualr.edu
authors.forename: Mariofanna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milanova
authors.forename: Roumiana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kountcheva
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tabrizi
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States