Moving Average Hybrid FIR Filter in Ultrasound Image Processing

Author

Morales-Mendoza, L.J. ; Shmaliy, Y. ; Ibarra-Manzano, O.G. ; Arceo-Miquel, L.J. ; Montiel-Rodriguez, M.

Author_Institution

Fac. de Eng. Mecanica, Guanajuato

fYear

2008

fDate

3-5 March 2008

Firstpage

160

Lastpage

164

Abstract

In this work, we present a novel technique for ultrasound image processing (2D signals). The moving average hybrid FIR filter (MAH-FIR) which it work with two different FIR filter, the moving average (MA) and median hybrid (FMH) filters. We experimented with continuous linear regression function and Lagrange multiplier to obtain the approximation of the MA-FIR and FMH-FIR filters, respectively. Furthermore, we showed both filters composed into a block diagram. Finally, we present evaluations qualitative and quantitative of ultrasound image processing.

Keywords

FIR filters; biomedical ultrasonics; medical image processing; moving average processes; regression analysis; Lagrange multiplier; linear regression function; median hybrid filters; moving average hybrid FIR filter; ultrasound image processing; Digital filters; Digital images; Electronic mail; Equations; Finite impulse response filter; Image processing; Linear regression; Noise reduction; Nonlinear filters; Ultrasonic imaging; MA and Hybrid FIR Filters; MAH;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Communications and Computers, 2008. CONIELECOMP 2008, 18th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Puebla

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3120-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2008.13

Filename

4470530