Generalized TV and sparse decomposition of the ultrasound image deconvolution model based on fusion technology

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2013 Jan;13(1):666-73. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2013.6861.

Abstract

Ultrasound image deconvolution involves noise reduction and image feature enhancement, denoising need equivalent the low-pass filtering, image feature enhancement is to strengthen the high-frequency parts, these two requirements are often combined together. It is a contradictory requirement that we must be reasonable balance between these two basic requirements. Image deconvolution method of partial differential equation model is the method based on diffusion theory, and sparse decomposition deconvolution is image representation-based method. The mechanisms of these two methods are not the same, effect of these two methods own characteristics. In contourlet transform domain, we combine the strengths of the two deconvolution method together by image fusion, and introduce the entropy of local orientation energy ratio into fusion decision-making, make a different treatment according to the actual situation on the low-frequency part of the coefficients and the high-frequency part of the coefficient. As deconvolution process is inevitably blurred image edge information, we fusion the edge gray-scale image information to the deconvolution results in order to compensate the missing edge information. Experiments show that our method is better than the effect separate of using deconvolution method, and restore part of the image edge information.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Artifacts*
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Subtraction Technique*
  • Ultrasonography / methods*