title: Towards a new tool for the evaluation of the quality of ultrasound compressed images.
abstract: This paper presents a new tool for the evaluation of ultrasound image compression. The goal is to measure the image quality as easily as with a statistical criterion, and with the same reliability as the one provided by the medical assessment. An initial experiment is proposed to medical experts and represents our reference value for the comparison of evaluation criteria. Twenty-one statistical criteria are selected from the literature. A cumulative absolute similarity measure is defined as a distance between the criterion to evaluate and the reference value. A first fusion method based on a linear combination of criteria is proposed to improve the results obtained by each of them separately. The second proposed approach combines different statistical criteria and uses the medical assessment in a training phase with a support vector machine. Some experimental results are given and show the benefit of fusion.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Vision and Robotique, University of Orléans, Bourges 18020, France. cecile.delgorge@bourges.univ-orleans.fr
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delgorge
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosenberger
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Poisson
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vieyres
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D044962:Data Compression / Q000379:methods*; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012984:Software; D012986:Software Validation; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*