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Comparative Analysis of B-Mode Breast Ultrasound Image Enhancement Techniques

by Madan Lal, Lakhwinder Kaur
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 131 - Number 17
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors: Madan Lal, Lakhwinder Kaur
10.5120/ijca2015907655

Madan Lal, Lakhwinder Kaur . Comparative Analysis of B-Mode Breast Ultrasound Image Enhancement Techniques. International Journal of Computer Applications. 131, 17 ( December 2015), 36-40. DOI=10.5120/ijca2015907655

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title = { Comparative Analysis of B-Mode Breast Ultrasound Image Enhancement Techniques },
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issn = { 0975-8887 },
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Abstract

Acquisition of ultrasound images is cheap and noninvasive as it does not require ionizing radiations as compared to other medical imaging techniques but the problem with these images lies in its inherent characteristics like speckle noise and low contrast. In this paper the performance of various image enhancement techniques are compared by applying them on B-Mode breast ultrasound images (BUS) and by using the essential quantitative metrics like signal to noise ratio (SNR) , Edge Preserving Index (EPI) and Structured Similarity Index (SSIM).

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Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Speckle Noise B-Mode breast ultrasound (BUS) image SNR EPI and SSIM.

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