21.12.3 Ultrasound, Ultrasonic, Speckle Removal, Restoration, Analysis

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Speckle Removal. Despeckle. Ultrasound.

Dutt, V., Greenleaf, J.F.,
Adaptive speckle reduction filter for log-compressed B-scan images,
MedImg(15), No. 6, December 1996, pp. 802-813.
IEEE Top Reference. 0203
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Czerwinski, R.N., Jones, D.L., O'Brien, Jr., W.D.,
Detection of lines and boundaries in speckle images-application to medical ultrasound,
MedImg(18), No. 2, February 1999, pp. 126-136.
IEEE Top Reference. 0110
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Earlier:
Ultrasound speckle reduction by directional median filtering,
ICIP95(I: 358-361).
IEEE DOI 9510
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Earlier:
Edge detection in ultrasound speckle noise,
ICIP94(III: 304-308).
IEEE DOI 9411
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Hao, X.H.[Xiao-Hui], Gao, S.[Shangkai], Gao, X.R.[Xiao-Rong],
A novel multiscale nonlinear thresholding method for ultrasonic speckle suppressing,
MedImg(18), No. 9, September 1999, pp. 787-794.
IEEE Top Reference. 0110
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Achim, A., Bezerianos, A., Tsakalides, P.,
Novel Bayesian multiscale method for speckle removal in medical ultrasound images,
MedImg(20), No. 8, August 2001, pp. 772-783.
IEEE Top Reference. 0110
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Cohen, B.[Boaz], Dinstein, I.[Its'hak],
New maximum likelihood motion estimation schemes for noisy ultrasound images,
PR(35), No. 2, February 2002, pp. 455-463.
Elsevier DOI 0201
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Earlier:
Motion Estimation in Noisy Ultrasound Images by Maximum Likelihood,
ICPR00(Vol III: 182-185).
IEEE DOI 0009
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Michailovich, O.V., Adam, D.,
A novel approach to the 2-D blind deconvolution problem in medical ultrasound,
MedImg(24), No. 1, January 2005, pp. 86-104.
IEEE Abstract. 0501
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Michailovich, O.V., Adam, D.,
A high-resolution technique for ultrasound harmonic imaging using sparse representations in gabor frames,
MedImg(21), No. 12, December 2002, pp. 1490-1503.
IEEE Top Reference. 0301

See also Phase Unwrapping for 2-D Blind Deconvolution of Ultrasound Images.
See also Image Segmentation Using Active Contours Driven by the Bhattacharyya Gradient Flow. BibRef

Michailovich, O.V., Adam, D.,
Robust estimation of ultrasound pulses using outlier-resistant de-noising,
MedImg(22), No. 3, March 2003, pp. 368-381.
IEEE Abstract. 0306
Wavelets. BibRef

Michailovich, O.V.[Oleg V.], Tannenbaum, A.[Allen],
Blind Deconvolution of Medical Ultrasound Images: A Parametric Inverse Filtering Approach,
IP(16), No. 12, December 2007, pp. 3005-3019.
IEEE DOI 0711
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And:
Segmentation of Medical Ultrasound Images using Active Contours,
ICIP07(V: 513-516).
IEEE DOI 0709
BibRef

Cloutier, G., Chen, D., Durand, L.G.,
A new clutter rejection algorithm for doppler ultrasound,
MedImg(22), No. 4, April 2003, pp. 530-538.
IEEE Abstract. 0306
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Thijssen, J.M.[Johan M.],
Ultrasonic speckle formation, analysis and processing applied to tissue characterization,
PRL(24), No. 4-5, February 2003, pp. 659-675.
Elsevier DOI 0211
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Chen, Y.[Yan], Yin, R.[Ruming], Flynn, P.J.[Patrick J.], Broschat, S.L.[Shira L.],
Aggressive region growing for speckle reduction in ultrasound images,
PRL(24), No. 4-5, February 2003, pp. 677-691.
Elsevier DOI 0211
BibRef

Prager, R.W., Gee, A.H., Treece, G.M., Berman, L.H.,
Decompression and speckle detection for ultrasound images using the homodyned k-distribution,
PRL(24), No. 4-5, February 2003, pp. 705-713.
Elsevier DOI 0211
BibRef

Treece, G.M.[Graham M.],
The Bitonic Filter: Linear Filtering in an Edge-Preserving Morphological Framework,
IP(25), No. 11, November 2016, pp. 5199-5211.
IEEE DOI 1610
Context BibRef

Xiao, C.Y.[Chang-Yan], Su, Z.[Zhang], Chen, Y.Z.[Ya-Zhu],
A diffusion stick method for speckle suppression in ultrasonic images,
PRL(25), No. 16, December 2004, pp. 1867-1877.
Elsevier DOI 0411
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And: Erratum: PRL(26), No. 6, 1 May 2005, pp. 853.
Elsevier DOI 0501
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Zemp, R.J., Parry, M.D., Abbey, C.K., Insana, M.F.,
Detection Performance Theory for Ultrasound Imaging Systems,
MedImg(24), No. 3, March 2005, pp. 300-310.
IEEE Abstract. 0501
BibRef

Momenan, R., Loew, M.H., Insana, M.F., Wagner, R.F., Garra, B.S.,
Application of pattern recognition techniques in ultrasound tissue characterization,
ICPR90(I: 608-612).
IEEE DOI 9006
BibRef

Gupta, S., Chauhan, R.C., Saxena, S.C.,
Locally adaptive wavelet domain bayesian processor for denoising medical ultrasound images using speckle modelling based on rayleigh distribution,
VISP(152), No. 1, February 2005, pp. 129-135.
IEEE Abstract. 0501
BibRef

Gupta, N., Swamy, M.N.S., Plotkin, E.,
Despeckling of Medical Ultrasound Images Using Data and Rate Adaptive Lossy Compression,
MedImg(24), No. 6, June 2005, pp. 743-754.
IEEE Abstract. 0506
BibRef

Mitri, F.G., Greenleaf, J.F., Fatemi, M.,
Chirp Imaging Vibro-Acoustography for Removing the Ultrasound Standing Wave Artifact,
MedImg(24), No. 10, October 2005, pp. 1249-1255.
IEEE DOI 0510
BibRef

Yue, Y.[Yong], Croitoru, M.M., Bidani, A., Zwischenberger, J.B., Clark, Jr., J.W.,
Nonlinear multiscale wavelet diffusion for speckle suppression and edge enhancement in ultrasound images,
MedImg(25), No. 3, March 2006, pp. 297-311.
IEEE DOI 0604
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Zhang, F., Yoo, Y.M., Koh, L.M., Kim, Y.,
Nonlinear Diffusion in Laplacian Pyramid Domain for Ultrasonic Speckle Reduction,
MedImg(26), No. 2, February 2007, pp. 200-211.
IEEE DOI 0702
BibRef

Aysal, T.C.[Tuncer C.], Barner, K.E.[Kenneth E.],
Rayleigh-Maximum-Likelihood Filtering for Speckle Reduction of Ultrasound Images,
MedImg(26), No. 5, May 2007, pp. 712-727.
IEEE DOI 0705
BibRef

Laporte, C., Arbel, T.[Tal],
Combinatorial and Probabilistic Fusion of Noisy Correlation Measurements for Untracked Freehand 3-D Ultrasound,
MedImg(27), No. 7, July 2008, pp. 984-994.
IEEE DOI 0808
BibRef

Shankar, P.M.,
Contrast enhancement and phase-sensitive boundary detection in ultrasonic speckle using bessel spatial filters,
IET-IPR(3), No. 2, April 2009, pp. 41-51.
DOI Link 0905
BibRef

Shankar, P.M.,
Use of phase diversity and modified phase congruence for edge enhancement in ultrasonic imaging,
SIViP(7), No. 2, March 2013, pp. 317-324.
WWW Link. 1303
BibRef

Bhuiyan, M.I.H., Ahmad, M.O., Swamy, M.N.S.,
Spatially adaptive thresholding in wavelet domain for despeckling of ultrasound images,
IET-IPR(3), No. 3, June 2009, pp. 147-162.
DOI Link 0906
BibRef

Yu, J.H.[Jin-Hua], Tan, J.L.[Jing-Lu], Wang, Y.Y.[Yuan-Yuan],
Ultrasound speckle reduction by a SUSAN-controlled anisotropic diffusion method,
PR(43), No. 9, September 2010, pp. 3083-3092.
Elsevier DOI 1006
Speckle reduction; Anisotropic diffusion; SUSAN; Nakagami distribution; Structure tensor BibRef

Deng, Y.H.[Yin-Hui], Wang, Y.Y.[Yuan-Yuan], Shen, Y.Z.[Yu-Zhong],
Speckle reduction of ultrasound images based on Rayleigh-trimmed anisotropic diffusion filter,
PRL(32), No. 13, 1 October 2011, pp. 1516-1525.
Elsevier DOI 1109
Speckle reduction; Rayleigh-trimmed filter; Anisotropic diffusion BibRef

Zhang, Y.T.[Ying-Tao], Cheng, H.D., Tian, J.W.[Jia-Wei], Huang, J.H.[Jian-Hua], Tang, X.L.[Xiang-Long],
Fractional subpixel diffusion and fuzzy logic approach for ultrasound speckle reduction,
PR(43), No. 8, August 2010, pp. 2962-2970.
Elsevier DOI 1006
Anisotropic diffusion; Subpixel; FSFPD (fuzzy subpixel fractional partial difference); Speckle reduction; Breast ultrasound (BUS) imaging; Fuzzy entropy BibRef

Zhang, Y.T.[Ying-Tao], Cheng, H.D., Tian, J.W.[Jia-Wei], Huang, J.H.[Jiang-Hua],
A novel speckle reduction and contrast enhancement method based on fuzzy anisotropic diffusion,
ICIP10(4161-4164).
IEEE DOI 1009
BibRef

Tay, P.C., Garson, C.D., Acton, S.T., Hossack, J.A.,
Ultrasound Despeckling for Contrast Enhancement,
IP(19), No. 7, July 2010, pp. 1847-1860.
IEEE DOI 1007
BibRef
Earlier: A1, A3, A4, Only:
Ultrasound Despeckling Using an Adaptive Window Stochastic Approach,
ICIP06(2549-2552).
IEEE DOI 0610
BibRef
And: A1, A3, A4, Only:
A Transform Method to Remove Ultrasound Artifacts,
Southwest06(110-114).
IEEE DOI 0603
BibRef

Forouzanfar, M.[Mohamad], Abrishami Moghaddam, H.[Hamid], Gity, M.[Masoumeh],
A new multiscale Bayesian algorithm for speckle reduction in medical ultrasound images,
SIViP(4), No. 3, September 2010, pp. 359-375.
WWW Link. 1011
BibRef

Jin, Z.M.[Zheng-Meng], Yang, X.P.[Xiao-Ping],
A Variational Model to Remove the Multiplicative Noise in Ultrasound Images,
JMIV(39), No. 1, January 2011, pp. 62-74.
WWW Link. 1101
BibRef

de Fontes, F.P.X.[Fernanda Palhano Xavier], Barroso, G.A.[Guillermo Andrade], Coupé, P.[Pierrick], Hellier, P.[Pierre],
Real time ultrasound image denoising,
RealTimeIP(6), No. 1, March 2011, pp. 15-22.
WWW Link. 1103
BibRef

Kalaivani, S., Wahidabanu, R.S.D.,
Condensed anisotropic diffusion for speckle reducton and enhancement in ultrasonography,
JIVP(2012), No. 1 2012, pp. 201212.
DOI Link 1208
BibRef

Shieh, H.M.[Hsin M.], Yu, H.C.[Hsin-Chun], Hsu, Y.C.[Yu-Ching], Yu, R.[Ruei],
Resolution enhancement of nondestructive testing from B-scans,
IJIST(22), No. 3, September 2012, pp. 185-193.
DOI Link 1208
BibRef

Lee, M.S., Yen, C.L., Ueng, S.K.,
Speckle reduction with edges preservation for ultrasound images: Using Function Spaces Approach,
IET-IPR(6), No. 7, 2012, pp. 813-821.
DOI Link 1211
BibRef

Liang, T., Yung, L., Yu, W.,
On Feature Motion Decorrelation in Ultrasound Speckle Tracking,
MedImg(32), No. 2, February 2013, pp. 435-448.
IEEE DOI 1301
BibRef
And: Erratum: MedImg(35), No. 2, February 2016, pp. 712-712.
IEEE DOI 1602
Biomedical image processing BibRef

Shao, D.G.[Dang-Guo], Liu, P.[Paul], Liu, D.C.[Dong C.],
Characteristic matching-based adaptive fast bilateral filter for ultrasound speckle reduction,
PRL(34), No. 5, 1 April 2013, pp. 463-469.
Elsevier DOI 1303
Speckle reduction; Characteristic matching; Adaptive filtering; Bilateral filter; Ultrasound image BibRef

Nguyen, N.Q., Abbey, C.K., Insana, M.F.,
Objective Assessment of Sonographic Quality I: Task Information,
MedImg(32), No. 4, April 2013, pp. 683-690.
IEEE DOI 1304
BibRef

Nguyen, N.Q., Abbey, C.K., Insana, M.F.,
Objective Assessment of Sonographic: Quality II Acquisition Information Spectrum,
MedImg(32), No. 4, April 2013, pp. 691-698.
IEEE DOI 1304
BibRef

Leavline, E.J.[Epiphany Jebamalar], Sutha, S.[Shunmugam], Singh, D.A.A.G.[Danasingh Asir Antony Gnana],
Fast multiscale directional filter bank-based speckle mitigation in gallstone ultrasound images,
JOSA-A(31), No. 2, February 2014, pp. 283-292.
DOI Link 1403
Digital image processing; Ultrasound; Wavelets BibRef

Zhang, Q.[Qi], Han, H.[Hong], Ji, C.H.[Chun-Hong], Yu, J.H.[Jin-Hua], Wang, Y.Y.[Yuan-Yuan], Wang, W.P.[Wen-Ping],
Gabor-based anisotropic diffusion for speckle noise reduction in medical ultrasonography,
JOSA-A(31), No. 6, June 2014, pp. 1273-1283.
DOI Link 1407
Speckle BibRef

Ramos-Llorden, G., Vegas-Sanchez-Ferrero, G., Martin-Fernandez, M., Alberola-Lopez, C., Aja-Fernandez, S.,
Anisotropic Diffusion Filter With Memory Based on Speckle Statistics for Ultrasound Images,
IP(24), No. 1, January 2015, pp. 345-358.
IEEE DOI 1502
biodiffusion BibRef

Vegas-Sanchez-Ferrero, G., Martin-Martinez, D., Casaseca-de-la-Higuera, P., Cordero-Grande, L., Aja-Fernandez, S., Martin-Fernandez, M., Palencia, C.,
Realistic log-compressed law for ultrasound image recovery,
ICIP11(2029-2032).
IEEE DOI 1201
BibRef

Wu, J.[Jun], Wang, Y.Y.[Yuan-Yuan], Yu, J.H.[Jin-Hua], Shi, X.L.[Xin-Ling], Zhang, J.H.[Jun-Hua], Chen, Y.[Yue], Pang, Y.[Yun],
Intelligent speckle reducing anisotropic diffusion algorithm for automated 3-D ultrasound images,
JOSA-A(32), No. 2, February 2015, pp. 248-257.
DOI Link 1502
Speckle BibRef

Gupta, D., Anand, R.S., Tyagi, B.,
Speckle filtering of ultrasound images using a modified non-linear diffusion model in non-subsampled shearlet domain,
IET-IPR(9), No. 2, 2015, pp. 107-117.
DOI Link 1503
biomedical ultrasonics BibRef

Gupta, D.[Deep], Anand, R.S., Tyagi, B.[Barjeev],
Despeckling of ultrasound medical images using ripplet domain nonlinear filtering,
SIViP(9), No. 5, July 2015, pp. 1093-1111.
WWW Link. 1506
BibRef

Ranjani, J.J., Chithra, M.S.,
Bayesian denoising of ultrasound images using heavy-tailed Levy distribution,
IET-IPR(9), No. 4, 2015, pp. 338-345.
DOI Link 1505
Bayes methods BibRef

Koundal, D.[Deepika],
Texture-based image segmentation using neutrosophic clustering,
IET-IPR(11), No. 8, August 2017, pp. 640-645.
DOI Link 1708
BibRef

Chen, Z., Basarab, A., Kouamé, D.,
Compressive Deconvolution in Medical Ultrasound Imaging,
MedImg(35), No. 3, March 2016, pp. 728-737.
IEEE DOI 1603
Deconvolution BibRef

Zhao, N.N.[Ning-Ning], Basarab, A.[Adrian], Kouamé, D.[Denis], Tourneret, J.Y.[Jean-Yves],
Joint Segmentation and Deconvolution of Ultrasound Images Using a Hierarchical Bayesian Model Based on Generalized Gaussian Priors,
IP(25), No. 8, August 2016, pp. 3736-3750.
IEEE DOI 1608
BibRef
Earlier:
Restoration of ultrasound images using a hierarchical Bayesian model with a generalized Gaussian prior,
ICIP14(4577-4581)
IEEE DOI 1502
Bayes methods. Decision support systems BibRef

Corbineau, M., Kouamé, D.[Denis], Chouzenoux, E., Tourneret, J.Y.[Jean-Yves], Pesquet, J.,
Preconditioned P-ULA for Joint Deconvolution-Segmentation of Ultrasound Images,
SPLetters(26), No. 10, October 2019, pp. 1456-1460.
IEEE DOI 1909
Image segmentation, Ultrasonic imaging, Deconvolution, Bayes methods, Markov processes, Monte Carlo methods, segmentation BibRef

Kazakeviciute, A., Ho, C.J.H.[C. J. H.], Olivo, M.,
Multispectral Photoacoustic Imaging Artifact Removal and Denoising Using Time Series Model-Based Spectral Noise Estimation,
MedImg(35), No. 9, September 2016, pp. 2151-2163.
IEEE DOI 1609
Cost function BibRef

Shin, J., Huang, L.,
Spatial Prediction Filtering of Acoustic Clutter and Random Noise in Medical Ultrasound Imaging,
MedImg(36), No. 2, February 2017, pp. 396-406.
IEEE DOI 1702
Apertures BibRef

Yu, Y., Wang, J.,
Enclosure Transform for Interest Point Detection From Speckle Imagery,
MedImg(36), No. 3, March 2017, pp. 769-780.
IEEE DOI 1703
Detectors BibRef

Santos, C.A.N., Martins, D.L.N., Mascarenhas, N.D.A.,
Ultrasound Image Despeckling Using Stochastic Distance-Based BM3D,
IP(26), No. 6, June 2017, pp. 2632-2643.
IEEE DOI 1705
AWGN channels, filtering theory, statistical analysis, ultrasonic imaging, BM3D algorithm, Euclidean distance, Fisher-Tippett distribution, block-matching collaborative filtering, despeckling log-compressed ultrasound images, filtering additive white Gaussian noise, medical imaging, patch-based methods, stochastic distance-based BM3D, stochastic distances, ultrasound image despeckling, Euclidean distance, Mathematical model, Random variables, Speckle, Stochastic processes, Ultrasonic imaging, patch-based filtering, stochastic distances, ultrasound, imaging BibRef

Gungor, M.A.[Murat Alparslan], Karagoz, I.[Irfan],
Modified ultrasound despeckling assessment index for the Field II simulated cyst image,
IET-IPR(11), No. 9, September 2017, pp. 667-671.
DOI Link 1709
BibRef

Khvostikov, A.[Alexander], Krylov, A.[Andrey], Kamalov, J.[Julius], Megroyan, A.[Alina],
Ultrasound despeckling by anisotropic diffusion and total variation methods for liver fibrosis diagnostics,
SP:IC(59), No. 1, 2017, pp. 3-11.
Elsevier DOI 1711
Liver, fibrosis BibRef

Mishra, D., Chaudhury, S., Sarkar, M., Soin, A.S., Sharma, V.,
Edge Probability and Pixel Relativity-Based Speckle Reducing Anisotropic Diffusion,
IP(27), No. 2, February 2018, pp. 649-664.
IEEE DOI 1712
Anisotropic magnetoresistance, Image edge detection, Liver, Pollution measurement, Probability, Speckle, Ultrasonic imaging, speckle BibRef

Sa-Ing, V.[Vera], Vorasayan, P.[Pongpat], Suwanwela, N.C.[Nijasri C.], Auethavekiat, S.[Supatana], Chinrungrueng, C.[Chedsada],
Multiscale adaptive regularisation Savitzky-Golay method for speckle noise reduction in ultrasound images,
IET-IPR(12), No. 1, January 2018, pp. 105-112.
DOI Link 1712
BibRef

Khan, A.H.[Adil H.], Al-Asad, J.F.[Jawad F.], Latif, G.[Ghazanfar],
Speckle suppression in medical ultrasound images through Schur decomposition,
IET-IPR(12), No. 3, March 2018, pp. 307-313.
DOI Link 1802
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And: Corrigendum: IET-IPR(14), No. 9, 20 July 2020, pp. 1948-1948.
DOI Link 2007
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Shahdoosti, H.R.[Hamid Reza], Rahemi, Z.[Zahra],
A maximum likelihood filter using non-local information for despeckling of ultrasound images,
MVA(29), No. 4, May 2018, pp. 689-702.
WWW Link. 1805
BibRef

Farouj, Y.[Younes], Navarro, L.[Laurent], Freyermuth, J.M.[Jean-Marc], Clausel, M.[Marianne], Delachartre, P.[Philippe],
Ultrasound spatiotemporal despeckling via Kronecker wavelet-Fisz thresholding,
SIViP(12), No. 6, September 2018, pp. 1125-1132.
Springer DOI 1808
BibRef

Mishra, D., Chaudhury, S., Sarkar, M., Soin, A.S.,
Ultrasound Image Enhancement Using Structure Oriented Adversarial Network,
SPLetters(25), No. 9, September 2018, pp. 1349-1353.
IEEE DOI 1809
biomedical ultrasonics, image denoising, image enhancement, medical image processing, neural nets, speckle, speckle BibRef

Raslain, S.[Safia], Hachouf, F.[Fella], Kharfouchi, S.[Soumia],
Using a generalised method of moment approach and 2D-generalised autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity modelling for denoising ultrasound images,
IET-IPR(12), No. 11, November 2018, pp. 2011-2022.
DOI Link 1810
BibRef

Mafi, M.[Mehdi], Tabarestani, S.[Solale], Cabrerizo, M.[Mercedes], Barreto, A.[Armando], Adjouadi, M.[Malek],
Denoising of ultrasound images affected by combined speckle and Gaussian noise,
IET-IPR(12), No. 12, December 2018, pp. 2346-2351.
DOI Link 1812
BibRef

Chinnathambi, V.[Vimalraj], Sankaralingam, E.[Esakkirajan], Thangaraj, V.[Veerakumar], Padma, S.[Sreevidya],
Despeckling of ultrasound images using directionally decimated wavelet packets with adaptive clustering,
IET-IPR(13), No. 1, January 2019, pp. 206-215.
DOI Link 1812
BibRef

Li, Y., Winetraub, Y., Liba, O., de la Zerda, A., Chu, S.,
Optimization of the Trade-Off Between Speckle Reduction and Axial Resolution in Frequency Compounding,
MedImg(38), No. 1, January 2019, pp. 107-112.
IEEE DOI 1901
Speckle, Bandwidth, Image resolution, Imaging, Signal to noise ratio, Transducers, Ultrasonic imaging, Ultrasound, image enhancement/restoration (noise and artifact reduction) BibRef

Bonny, S.[Sarungbam], Chanu, Y.J.[Yambem Jina], Singh, K.M.[Khumanthem Manglem],
Speckle reduction of ultrasound medical images using Bhattacharyya distance in modified non-local mean filter,
SIViP(13), No. 2, March 2019, pp. 299-305.
Springer DOI 1904
BibRef

Mei, K., Hu, B., Fei, B., Qin, B.,
Phase Asymmetry Ultrasound Despeckling With Fractional Anisotropic Diffusion and Total Variation,
IP(29), 2020, pp. 2845-2859.
IEEE DOI 2001
Image edge detection, Ultrasonic imaging, Speckle, Anisotropic magnetoresistance, Feature extraction, TV, Measurement, image denoising BibRef

Garg, A.[Amit], Khandelwal, V.[Vineet],
Segmentation-based MAP despeckling of medical ultrasound images in shearlet domain based on normal inverse Gaussian distribution,
IET-IPR(14), No. 4, 27 March 2020, pp. 736-746.
DOI Link 2003
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Ashikuzzaman, M., Belasso, C., Kibria, M.G., Bergdahl, A., Gauthier, C.J., Rivaz, H.,
Low Rank and Sparse Decomposition of Ultrasound Color Flow Images for Suppressing Clutter in Real-Time,
MedImg(39), No. 4, April 2020, pp. 1073-1084.
IEEE DOI 2004
Ultrasound color flow imaging, clutter rejection, robust matrix decomposition, real-time clutter suppression, vessel visualization BibRef

Solomon, O., Cohen, R., Zhang, Y., Yang, Y., He, Q., Luo, J., van Sloun, R.J.G., Eldar, Y.C.,
Deep Unfolded Robust PCA With Application to Clutter Suppression in Ultrasound,
MedImg(39), No. 4, April 2020, pp. 1051-1063.
IEEE DOI 2004
Imaging, Ultrasonic imaging, Iterative methods, Blood, Clutter, Sparse matrices, Principal component analysis, Deep unfolding, ultrasound imaging BibRef

Salehi, H.[Hadi], Vahidi, J.[Javad],
An Ultrasound Image Despeckling Method Based on Weighted Adaptive Bilateral Filter,
IJIG(20), No. 3, July 2020, pp. 2050020.
DOI Link 2008

See also SAR Image Despeckling Method Based on an Extended Adaptive Wiener Filter and Extended Guided Filter, A. BibRef

Salehi, H.[Hadi], Vahidi, J.[Javad],
A Novel Hybrid Filter for Image Despeckling Based On Improved Adaptive Wiener Filter, Bilateral Filter and Wavelet Filter,
IJIG(21), No. 3, July 2021, pp. 2150036.
DOI Link 2107
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Brickson, L.L., Hyun, D., Jakovljevic, M., Dahl, J.J.,
Reverberation Noise Suppression in Ultrasound Channel Signals Using a 3D Fully Convolutional Neural Network,
MedImg(40), No. 4, April 2021, pp. 1184-1195.
IEEE DOI 2104
Reverberation, Ultrasonic imaging, Imaging, Training, Convolution, Transducers, Ultrasound, machine learning BibRef

Joel, T.[Thapasimuthan], Sivakumar, R.[Rajagopal],
Nonsubsampled contourlet transform with cross-guided bilateral filter for despeckling of medical ultrasound images,
IJIST(31), No. 2, 2021, pp. 763-777.
DOI Link 2105
decomposition, despeckling filter, log compression, multiplicative noise, optimization, Rayleigh distribution, ultrasound images BibRef

Kumar, M.[Manish], Mishra, S.K.[Sudhansu Kumar], Joseph, J.[Justin], Jangir, S.I.K.[Sun-Il Kumar], Goyal, D.[Dinesh],
Adaptive comprehensive particle swarm optimisation-based functional-link neural network filtre model for denoising ultrasound images,
IET-IPR(15), No. 6, 2021, pp. 1232-1246.
DOI Link 2106
BibRef

Cui, W.C.[Wen-Chao], Shao, L.Z.[Liang-Zhi], Gong, G.Q.[Guo-Qiang], Lu, K.[Ke], Sun, S.[Shuifa], Wu, Y.R.[Yi-Rong], Zhou, Y.Y.[Yi-Yuan],
A Weibull-distribution-based hybrid total variation method for speckle reduction in ultrasound images,
IET-IPR(15), No. 13, 2021, pp. 3347-3367.
DOI Link 2110
BibRef

Li, D.Z.[Da-Zi], Yu, W.J.[Wen-Jie], Wang, K.F.[Kun-Feng], Jiang, D.Z.[Dao-Zhong], Jin, Q.B.[Qi-Bing],
Speckle noise removal based on structural convolutional neural networks with feature fusion for medical image,
SP:IC(99), 2021, pp. 116500.
Elsevier DOI 2111
Image denoising, Speckle noise, Convolutional neural network, Medical image BibRef

Lee, S.A.[Stephen A.], Konofagou, E.E.[Elisa E.],
FUS-Net: U-Net-Based FUS Interference Filtering,
MedImg(41), No. 4, April 2022, pp. 915-924.
IEEE DOI 2204
Radio frequency, Interference, Imaging, Ultrasonic imaging, Transducers, Power harmonic filters, Image reconstruction, U-Net BibRef

Huang, Z.X.[Zi-Xun], Zhao, R.[Rui], Leung, F.H.F.[Frank H. F.], Banerjee, S.[Sunetra], Lee, T.T.Y.[Timothy Tin-Yan], Yang, D.[De], Lun, D.P.K.[Daniel P. K.], Lam, K.M.[Kin-Man], Zheng, Y.P.[Yong-Ping], Ling, S.H.[Sai Ho],
Joint Spine Segmentation and Noise Removal From Ultrasound Volume Projection Images With Selective Feature Sharing,
MedImg(41), No. 7, July 2022, pp. 1610-1624.
IEEE DOI 2207
Ultrasonic imaging, Image segmentation, Image restoration, Noise measurement, Multitasking, Task analysis, multi-task spine segmentation BibRef

Yan, J.P.[Ji-Peng], Zhang, T.[Tao], Broughton-Venner, J.[Jacob], Huang, P.T.[Pin-Tong], Tang, M.X.[Meng-Xing],
Super-Resolution Ultrasound Through Sparsity-Based Deconvolution and Multi-Feature Tracking,
MedImg(41), No. 8, August 2022, pp. 1938-1947.
IEEE DOI 2208
Kalman filters, Tracking, Imaging, Deconvolution, Ultrasonic imaging, Cost function, Superresolution, features-based pairing BibRef

Ardakani, A.A.[Ali Abbasian], Mohammadi, A.[Afshin], Faeghi, F.[Fariborz], Acharya, U.R.[U. Rajendra],
Performance evaluation of 67 denoising filters in ultrasound images: A systematic comparison analysis,
IJIST(33), No. 2, 2023, pp. 445-464.
DOI Link 2303
denoising filter, Gaussian noise, image denoising, noise reduction, speckle noise, ultrasound images BibRef

Singh, P.[Prabhishek], Diwakar, M.[Manoj],
Total variation-based ultrasound image despeckling using method noise thresholding in non-subsampled contourlet transform,
IJIST(33), No. 3, 2023, pp. 1073-1091.
DOI Link 2305
homomorphic filtering, NSCT, speckle noise, total variation, ultrasound image despeckling BibRef

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Empowering ultrasound image filtering precision by reducing speckles and preserving edge cues,
IJIST(34), No. 1, 2024, pp. e22946.
DOI Link 2401
edge cues, edge map, radiation, region of interest, speckle, ultrasound image BibRef

Xing, P.[Paul], Porée, J.[Jonathan], Rauby, B.[Brice], Malescot, A.[Antoine], Martineau, E.[Eric], Perrot, V.[Vincent], Rungta, R.L.[Ravi L.], Provost, J.[Jean],
Phase Aberration Correction for In Vivo Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Using a Spatiotemporal Complex-Valued Neural Network,
MedImg(43), No. 2, February 2024, pp. 662-673.
IEEE DOI 2402
Ultrasonic imaging, Mice, Location awareness, Deep learning, Radio frequency, Probes, Microscopy, Complex-valued convolution, ultrasound localization microscopy BibRef


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Ringing Artifact Reduction Method for Ultrasound Reconstruction Using Multi-Agent Consensus Equilibrium,
ICIP23(336-340)
IEEE DOI 2312
BibRef

Tai, T.M.[Tsung-Ming], Jhang, Y.J.[Yun-Jie], Hwang, W.J.[Wen-Jyi], Cheng, C.J.[Chau-Jern],
Speckle Image Restoration without Clean Data,
ICPR22(61-67)
IEEE DOI 2212
Visualization, Ultrasonic imaging, Optical coherence tomography, Speckle, Holography, Radar imaging, Image restoration BibRef

Cammarasana, S.[Simone], Nicolardi, P.[Paolo], Patané, G.[Giuseppe],
Fast Learning Framework for Denoising of Ultrasound 2D Videos and 3D Images,
DeepHealth22(475-486).
Springer DOI 2208
BibRef

Yang, H.[Hanmei], Zhang, H.[Heng], Luo, Y.[Ye], Lu, J.W.[Jian-Wei], Lu, J.[Jian],
Ultrasound Image Restoration Using Weighted Nuclear Norm Minimization,
ICPR21(5391-5397)
IEEE DOI 2105
Measurement, Adaptation models, Ultrasonic imaging, Noise reduction, Speckle, Minimization, Data models BibRef

Paul, A., Mukherjee, D.P., Acton, S.T.,
Shape Based Speckle Removal for Ultrasound Image Segmentation,
ICIP19(3586-3590)
IEEE DOI 1910
Speckle, shape fidelity, blood vessel BibRef

Waraich, S.A.[Saad Ahmed], Chee, A.[Adrian], Xiao, D.[Di], Yiu, B.Y.S.[Billy Y. S.], Yu, A.[Alfred],
Auto SVD Clutter Filtering for US Doppler Imaging Using 3D Clustering Algorithm,
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Springer DOI 1909
BibRef

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Quality analysis of synthetic ultrasound images using co-occurrence texture statistics,
IVCNZ17(1-6)
IEEE DOI 1902
biomedical ultrasonics, feature extraction, image classification, image denoising, image texture, interpolation, Speckle noise analysis BibRef

Mishra, D.[Deepak], Tyagi, S.[Sarthak], Chaudhury, S.[Santanu], Sarkar, M.[Mukul], Singh Soin, A.[Arvinder],
Despeckling CNN with Ensembles of Classical Outputs,
ICPR18(3802-3807)
IEEE DOI 1812
Speckle, Training, Tuning, Anisotropic magnetoresistance, Kernel, Hospitals, Convolutional neural networks BibRef

Outtas, M., Zhang, L., Deforges, O., Serir, A., Hamidouche, W.,
Multi-output speckle reduction filter for ultrasound medical images based on multiplicative multiresolution decomposition,
ICIP17(1397-1401)
IEEE DOI 1803
biomedical ultrasonics, edge detection, filtering theory, image denoising, image enhancement, image resolution, Ultrasound medical images BibRef

Raslain, S., Hachouf, F., Kharfouchi, S.,
Using 2D ARMA-GARCH for ultrasound images denoising,
ICIP17(2672-2676)
IEEE DOI 1803
Image denoising, Image restoration, Mathematical model, Noise measurement, Speckle, Ultrasonic imaging BibRef

Zhu, L., Fu, C.W., Brown, M.S., Heng, P.A.,
A Non-local Low-Rank Framework for Ultrasound Speckle Reduction,
CVPR17(493-501)
IEEE DOI 1711
Image segmentation, Minimization, Noise measurement, Speckle, Ultrasonic, imaging BibRef

Damseh, R.[Rafat], Ahmad, M.O.[M. Omair],
Curvelet-Based Bayesian Estimator for Speckle Suppression in Ultrasound Imaging,
ICIAR17(117-124).
Springer DOI 1706
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Zhu, L.[Lei], Wang, W.M.[Wei-Ming], Li, X.M.[Xiao-Meng], Wang, Q.[Qiong], Qin, J.[Jing], Wong, K.H.[Kin-Hong], Heng, P.A.[Pheng-Ann],
Ultrasound Speckle Reduction via L0 Minimization,
ACCV16(III: 50-65).
Springer DOI 1704
BibRef

Hu, Z., Tang, J.,
Cluster driven anisotropic diffusion for speckle reduction in ultrasound images,
ICIP16(2325-2329)
IEEE DOI 1610
Anisotropic magnetoresistance BibRef

Hadjerci, O.[Oussama], Hafiane, A.[Adel], Conte, D.[Donatello], Makris, P.[Pascal], Vieyres, P.[Pierre], Delbos, A.[Alain],
Ultrasound median nerve localization by classification based on despeckle filtering and feature selection,
ICIP15(4155-4159)
IEEE DOI 1512
Despeckling filter BibRef

García, H.F.[Hernán F.], Giraldo, J.J.[Juan J.], Álvarez, M.A.[Mauricio A.], Orozco, Á.A.[Álvaro A.], Salazar, D.[Diego],
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Speckle in ultrasound images: Friend or FOE?,
ICIP14(5816-5820)
IEEE DOI 1502
Glands BibRef

Monteiro, F.C.[Fernando C.], Rufino, J.[José], Cadavez, V.[Vasco],
Towards a Comprehensive Evaluation of Ultrasound Speckle Reduction,
ICIAR14(I: 141-149).
Springer DOI 1410
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Malik, K.[Krystyna], Machala, B.[Bernadetta], Smolka, B.[Bogdan],
Novel Approach to Noise Reduction in Ultrasound Images Based on Geodesic Paths,
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Springer DOI 1410
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Nieniewski, M.[Mariusz],
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Springer DOI 1410
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ICIP13(805-809)
IEEE DOI 1402
Biomedical imaging BibRef

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IEEE DOI 1201
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ICARCV08(1787-1792).
IEEE DOI 1109
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IPTA10(235-240).
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Ultrasound Speckle Reduction via Super Resolution and Nonlinear Diffusion,
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Inter-frame Enhancement of Ultrasound Images Using Optical Flow,
IVIC09(191-201).
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ICIP09(2641-2644).
IEEE DOI 0911
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ICIP09(3357-3360).
IEEE DOI 0911
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Performance Enhancement of Coded Excitation in Ultrasonic B-mode Images,
ICMV09(220-224).
IEEE DOI 0912
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Zhen, Z.[Zhang], Tao, X.[Xue],
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CISP09(1-4).
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Faster, More Accurate Diffusion Filtering for Fetal Ultrasound Volumes,
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Adaptive Persistence Utilizing Motion Compensation for Ultrasound Images,
ICPR06(III: 726-729).
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Interactive 3D Filter Design for Ultrasound Artifact Reduction,
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filtering theory BibRef

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