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Ultrasound Imaging: Correction of Geometric Distortions using Warping

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dc.contributor.author LEV-OR, Ari
dc.contributor.author PORAT, Moshe
dc.date.accessioned 2019-10-27T14:40:44Z
dc.date.available 2019-10-27T14:40:44Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.citation LEV-OR, Ari, PORAT, Moshe. Ultrasound Imaging: Correction of Geometric Distortions using Warping. In: ICNBME-2011. International conference on Nanotechnologies and Biomedical Engineering. German-moldovan workshop on Novel Nanomaterials for Electronic, Photonic and Biomedical Applications: proc. of the intern. conf., July 7-8, 2011. Chişinău, 2011, pp. 400-403. ISBN 978-9975-66-239-0. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-9975-66-239-0
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.utm.md/handle/5014/5426
dc.description.abstract Ultrasound images suffer from inherent geometric distortions due to variations in sound speed within the body. Other distortions include missing surfaces parallel to the direction of the ultrasonic rays, intense speckle noise, acoustic shadows and resolution inconsistency. These artifacts depend on the positioning of the transducer relative to the scanned organs, and considerably degrade the quality of the images obtained. We introduce a new algorithm that combines ultrasound images taken from distant viewpoints using spatial warping and compounding to obtain a quality-enhanced image. The algorithm is iterative: in each iteration the B-Mode images are divided into blocks and a matching procedure is performed between blocks of the reference images. Individual pixels are translated based on inter-block interpolation, subject to physical and medical constraints. The resultant warped images are used as an input signal to the next iteration. The algorithm was implemented and tested in-vitro, demonstrating superior results compared to presently available methods. The results are presented and discussed. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Technical University of Moldova en_US
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States *
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ *
dc.subject non-linear processing en_US
dc.subject spatial compounding en_US
dc.subject ultrasound imaging en_US
dc.subject warping en_US
dc.title Ultrasound Imaging: Correction of Geometric Distortions using Warping en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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