| Literature DB >> 9262999 |
P F Stetson1, F G Sommer, A Macovski.
Abstract
Methods for improving the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of low-contrast lesions in medical ultrasound imaging are described. Differences in the frequency spectra and amplitude distributions of the lesion and its surroundings can be used to increase the CNR of the lesion relative to the background. Automated graylevel mapping is used in combination with a contrast-weighted form of frequency-diversity speckle reduction. In clinical studies, the techniques have yielded mean CNR improvements of 3.2 dB above ordinary frequency-diversity imaging and 5.6 dB over sharper conventional images, with no post-processing graylevel mapping.Mesh：
Year: 1997 PMID： 9262999 DOI： 10.1109/42.611351
Source DB: PubMed Journal: IEEE Trans Med Imaging ISSN： 0278-0062 Impact factor: 10.048