Image denoising based on multiscale singularity detection for cone beam CT breast imaging

J Zhong, R Ning, D Conover - IEEE transactions on medical …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It was recently reported that the real-time flat panel detector-based cone-beam computed
tomography (CBCT) breast imaging can help improve the detectability of small breast tumors …

Adaptively tuned iterative low dose CT image denoising

SM Hashemi, NS Paul, S Beheshti… - … methods in medicine, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Improving image quality is a critical objective in low dose computed tomography (CT)
imaging and is the primary focus of CT image denoising. State‐of‐the‐art CT denoising …

CT image denoising using NLM and correlation‐based wavelet packet thresholding

M Diwakar, M Kumar - IET Image Processing, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of radiation dose is directly related to the quality of computed tomography (CT)
images. Low‐dose CT images are degraded with the noise and other factors. Noise …

Denoising low-dose CT images using multiframe blind source separation and block matching filter

AM Hasan, A Melli, KA Wahid… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to reduce radiation effect during CT scans, low-dose techniques are employed in
different medical imaging applications. But images in the low-dose CT tend to be rather …

A post‐reconstruction method to correct cupping artifacts in cone beam breast computed tomography

MC Altunbas, CC Shaw, L Chen, C Lai, X Liu… - Medical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In cone beam breast computed tomography (CT), scattered radiation leads to nonuniform
biasing of CT numbers known as a cupping artifact. Besides being visual distractions …

Ultra‐low‐dose CT image denoising using modified BM3D scheme tailored to data statistics

T Zhao, J Hoffman, M McNitt‐Gray, D Ruan - Medical physics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose It is important to enhance image quality for low‐dose CT acquisitions to push the
ALARA boundary. Current state‐of‐the‐art block‐matching three‐dimensional (BM3D) …

Low-dose CT denoising via sinogram inner-structure transformer

L Yang, Z Li, R Ge, J Zhao, H Si… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) technique, which reduces the radiation harm to
human bodies, is now attracting increasing interest in the medical imaging field. As the …

Denoising and enhancing digital mammographic images for visual screening

J Scharcanski, CR Jung - Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 2006 - Elsevier
Dense regions in digital mammographic images are usually noisy and have low contrast,
and their visual screening is difficult. This paper describes a new method for mammographic …

A modified undecimated discrete wavelet transform based approach to mammographic image denoising

E Matsuyama, DY Tsai, Y Lee, M Tsurumaki… - Journal of digital …, 2013 - Springer
In this work, the authors present an effective denoising method to attempt reducing the noise
in mammographic images. The method is based on using hierarchical correlation of the …

Quantitative evaluation of deep convolutional neural network-based image denoising for low-dose computed tomography

K Usui, K Ogawa, M Goto, Y Sakano… - Visual Computing for …, 2021 - Springer
To minimize radiation risk, dose reduction is important in the diagnostic and therapeutic
applications of computed tomography (CT). However, image noise degrades image quality …