TY - GEN
T1 - Improved microcalcification detection in breast ultrasound
T2 - 2014 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2014
AU - Bahramian, Sara
AU - Insana, Michael F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/10/20
Y1 - 2014/10/20
N2 - Ultrasound B-scans illustrate microcalcification clusters as bright high contrast spots with the resolution limited by the size of speckle cells. Thus, distinguishing these reflections from speckle noise using ultrasound B-scans is challenging. This work addresses the performance of ultrasound B-scans in detecting microcalcifications first through theoretical prediction. Based on these predictions, a post processing method is proposed to improve the detectability of microcalcifications at the final display stage. This method is applied to lab-generated phantoms to illustrate the improvement in detectability.
AB - Ultrasound B-scans illustrate microcalcification clusters as bright high contrast spots with the resolution limited by the size of speckle cells. Thus, distinguishing these reflections from speckle noise using ultrasound B-scans is challenging. This work addresses the performance of ultrasound B-scans in detecting microcalcifications first through theoretical prediction. Based on these predictions, a post processing method is proposed to improve the detectability of microcalcifications at the final display stage. This method is applied to lab-generated phantoms to illustrate the improvement in detectability.
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U2 - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2014.0588
DO - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2014.0588
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84910071773
T3 - IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
SP - 2359
EP - 2362
BT - IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 3 September 2014 through 6 September 2014
ER -