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1998
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1998
Abstract— This paper presents an algorithm for speckle reduction and contrast enhancement of echocardiographic images. Within a framework of multiscale wavelet analysis, we apply...
TMI
1998
13 years 4 months ago
1998
—Spatially varying focal length fan-beam collimators can be used in single photon emission computed tomography to improve detection efficiency and to reduce reconstruction artif...
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1998
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1998
—In this paper a method for the objective assessment of burn scars is proposed. The quantitative measures developed in this research provide an objective way to calculate elastic...
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1998
13 years 4 months ago
1998
— The problem of parameter estimation from Rician distributed data (e.g., magnitude Magnetic Resonance images) is addressed. The properties of conventional estimation methods are...
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1998
13 years 4 months ago
1998
TMI
1998
13 years 4 months ago
1998
—In this paper implicit representations of deformable models for medical image enhancement and segmentation are considered. The advantage of implicit models over classical explic...
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1998
13 years 4 months ago
1998
— Two forms of a sampling theorem for concentric circles are established for a bandlimited two-dimensional (2-D) function. The location of the samples is prescribed either on equ...
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1998
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1998
— When performing dynamic studies using emission tomography the tracer distribution changes during acquisition of a single set of projections. This is particularly true for some ...
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1998
13 years 4 months ago
1998
Abstract—Segmenting lesions is a vital step in many computerized mass-detection schemes for digital (or digitized) mammograms. We have developed two novel lesion segmentation tec...
TMI
1998
13 years 4 months ago
1998