正电子发射断层扫描图像非局部几何非线性扩散去噪方法

目的:评估一种新的正电子发射断层扫描技术(PET)图像去噪方法—非局部几何非线性扩散滤波。方法:首先,计算PET图像的几何非线性扩散系数;然后,对该扩散系数进行非局部邻域加权平均;最后,用非局部加权平均后的扩散系数对PET图像进行几何非线性扩散滤波。结果:与原几何非线性扩散滤波、非局部均值滤波、PURE-LET滤波方法相比,非局部几何非线性扩散滤波可提高PET图像峰值信噪比和结构相似性,增强图像视觉效果。结论:非局部几何非线性扩散滤波是一种有效的PET图像去噪方法。     

基于多尺度非线性扩散的超声图像斑点噪声去除算法

针对现有去噪算法可能造成超声图像细节模糊甚至丢失的问题,本文提出基于多尺度非线性扩散（multiscale nonlinear diffusion,MSND）的超声图像去噪模型.该模型结合冗余拉普拉斯塔形数据分解和非线性扩散的优点,利用冗余拉普拉斯塔形数据分解将图像分解为等大小的空间-频率子带,综合各子带的特征得到图像边缘和细节的精细表示,然后根据所得的综合特征指导各子带图像的非线性扩散.实验结果表明本文算法在去除噪声的同时能有效地保留和增强边界与细节.     

脑内源性光学成像中的图像增强处理

脑内源信号光学成像是一种二次成像技术,其信号微弱并带有皮层生理结构所决定的信号特征。选取有效的空间滤波方式能对图像的噪声进行抑制,使得微弱信号得以增强。本文针对脑内源性信号的光学成像,采用不同的线性与非线性空间滤波处理,并对噪声的抑制程度和图像细节保存程度进行讨论。结果显示非线性中值空域滤波对内源性光学图像去噪效果明显,并能保留丰富的细节特征,是适于脑内源性光学成像信号特点的图像增强技术。     

眼科高频超声成像中斑点噪声抑制算法的研究

目的 斑点噪声是超声图像中存在的固有问题,而在眼科高频超声这种更为精细的超声检查中,有效地抑制斑点噪声能提高图像的质量,有助于临床医生对病情的判别.方法 提出了一种新的基于拉普拉斯（Laplacian）金字塔的多尺度斑点去噪方法.采用Laplacian金字塔,从斑点噪声中分离出临床图像特征,根据每层子带图像不同尺度及特点,从小尺度到大尺度,首先采用改进后的八方向各向异性斑点去噪（SRAD）去除图像斑点,然后增强图像的边缘、细节及对比度等方面.该方法与传统的SRAD滤波及相干增强滤波（CEDIF）进行对比,采用等效视数及算法的时间耗费对实验结果进行量化评估.结果 与传统SRAD滤波及CEDIF滤波方法相比,基于Laplacian金字塔的多尺度各向异性斑点去噪方法均高于前两种方法（1.172 3 vs 1.122 3、0.929 3及0.864 0 vs 1.396 0、1.468 3）.结论 本研究提出的基于Laplacian金字塔的多尺度各向异性斑点去噪方法在更有效地去除图像斑点噪声的同时,能很好地保存图像边缘及图像细节等.     

基于小波统计模型的医学超声图像去噪方法研究

超声图像中固有的斑点噪声严重降低图像的可解译程度,影响了后续的图像分析和诊断.因此,抑制相干斑噪声一直是医学超声图像预处理中一个关键性问题.本研究通过对含斑图像做对数变换和冗余小波分解,提出了一种基于Bayesian估计的小波域局部自适应性去斑算法.将斑点噪声和有用信号的小波系数分别建模为瑞利分布和拉普拉斯分布,利用最大后验概率(MAP)准则得到了一种解析的Bayesian估计表达式;进一步通过邻域窗口估计模型参数,使算法具有局部自适应性.实验仿真表明,该算法简单有效,在滤除超声图像斑点噪声的同时,较好地保持了图像的细节特征,其性能优于空间域滤波和传统的小波去噪算法.     

超声医学图像非线性滤波算法研究进展

超声医学成像方法具有实时、无创、方便等优点，在临床上得到了广泛的应用。但由于超声医学成像机制的限制，超声医学图像质量不高。对图像进行滤波就是为了提高人眼和计算机对图像细节的识别能力。本研究讨论了应用于去除超声医学图像斑点噪声的非线性滤波算法的研究现状及其特点，重点介绍了基于中值滤波、小波变换、扩散方程的滤波方法，并把相关算法应用于超声医学图像的处理，直观地比较了各种滤波器的性能。最后展望了超声医学图像非线性滤波算法的发展方向。     

基于改进SOLO＿v2的糖尿病黄斑水肿分割模型

糖尿病黄斑水肿（DME）是导致糖尿病患者视力损害的常见原因。光学相干断层扫描技术（OCT）有助于增强对糖尿病视网膜病变的早期检测和预防。目前,OCT图像中的DME区域存在大量散斑噪声及小目标区域,现有的实例分割方法存在漏分割等问题。针对上述问题,本文利用特征金字塔转换器（FPT）改进SOLO＿v2模型,提出了一种新的DME分割模型（SOLO-OCT）,包括：（1）利用基于双域滤波去噪算法去除图像上存在的大量散斑噪声,提高输入图像质量;（2）引入FPT,提高模型对小目标的识别能力和学习能力;（3）改进非极大值抑制（NMS）算法,缓解对小目标区域的漏分割问题。将SOLO-OCT模型与其他实例分割模型（包括Mask R-CNN、SOLO和SOLO＿v2）进行了比较,以评估其对DME区域的分割性能。与Mask R-CNN、SOLO和SOLO＿v2模型相比,SOLO-OCT模型对DME区域的分割精度（mAP）提高了3.1%,对小目标DME区域的分割精度（APs）提高了2.2%,而单幅图像的处理时间（Fps）只增加了0.009 9 s。本文提出的DME分割模型（SOLO-OCT）可用于大规模糖尿病...     

CHO数字观察器在PET图像滤波方法评估中的应用

在临床应用中需要限制扫描时间和药物剂量,这往往会使正电子发射断层扫描(PET)的图像的分辨率变低,噪声变多。为提供可供临床诊断的图像,去噪是一个必须的手段,而在重建后增加一个滤波器是目前最常用的去噪方法。因此对不同滤波器滤波效果的比较是PET图像重建中的重要环节,其中最关键的是滤波参数的选取。目前采用的信噪比(SNR)以及恢复系数(RC)等评估方法可以用来非定量地选取参数,研究者们只能凭经验选取最优参数。而通道化霍特林观察器(CHO)作为一个比较通用的数字观察器,已被用于与PET图像质量相关的各种参数的选择,如重建算法参数、系统设计参数、临床协议参数等,然而其在评估不同滤波方法对图像重建质量的影响中的应用研究还比较少。通过比较CHO计算得到的ROC(receiver operating characteristic)曲线下面积(area under the ROC curve,AUC),选择两种常用的滤波器(即高斯滤波器和非局部均值(Non-Local Mean, NLM)滤波器)的最优参数,并评估它们在PET中的滤波效果。结果表明,对于13 mm球体,σ为1.1~1.4的高斯滤波器和f为0.5~0.9的NLM滤波器可以达到最大的检测能力值,而对于10 mm球体,σ为1.4~2.0的高斯滤波器和f为0.5~0.9的NLM滤波器可以达到最大的检测能力值。虽然两个滤波器所对应的AUC值都能高达0.9,但是NLM滤波器的AUC值高于高斯滤波器。通过IEC图像和病人图像也能发现,NLM滤波后的PET图像中的亮点比高斯滤波的更加清晰,噪声更少。该结论和传统滤波器评估方法得到的结论一致,这说明在PET的病灶检测任务中,CHO能够准确地比较这两种滤波器的性能。     

Application of Improved Homogeneity Similarity-Based Denoising in Optical Coherence Tomography Retinal Images

Image denoising is a fundamental preprocessing step of image processing in many applications developed for optical coherence tomography (OCT) retinal imaging—a high-resolution modality for evaluating disease in the eye. To make a homogeneity similarity-based image denoising method more suitable for OCT image removal, we improve it by considering the noise and retinal characteristics of OCT images in two respects: (1) median filtering preprocessing is used to make the noise distribution of OCT images more suitable for patch-based methods; (2) a rectangle neighborhood and region restriction are adopted to accommodate the horizontal stretching of retinal structures when observed in OCT images. As a performance measurement of the proposed technique, we tested the method on real and synthetic noisy retinal OCT images and compared the results with other well-known spatial denoising methods, including bilateral filtering, five partial differential equation (PDE)-based methods, and three patch-based methods. Our results indicate that our proposed method seems suitable for retinal OCT imaging denoising, and that, in general, patch-based methods can achieve better visual denoising results than point-based methods in this type of imaging, because the image patch can better represent the structured information in the images than a single pixel. However, the time complexity of the patch-based methods is substantially higher than that of the others.     

Ex vivo detection and characterization of early dental caries by optical coherence tomography and Raman spectroscopy

Early dental caries detection will facilitate implementation of nonsurgical methods for arresting caries progression and promoting tooth remineralization. We present a method that combines optical coherence tomography (OCT) and Raman spectroscopy to provide morphological information and biochemical specificity for detecting and characterizing incipient carious lesions found in extracted human teeth. OCT imaging of tooth samples demonstrated increased light backscattering intensity at sites of carious lesions as compared to the sound enamel. The observed lesion depth on an OCT image was approximately 290 microm matching those previously documented for incipient caries. Using Raman microspectroscopy and fiber-optic-based Raman spectroscopy to characterize the caries further, spectral changes were observed in PO4 (3-) vibrations arising from hydroxyapatite of mineralized tooth tissue. Examination of various ratios of PO4 (3-) nu2, nu3, nu4 vibrations against the nu1 vibration showed consistent increases in carious lesions compared to sound enamel. The changes were attributed to demineralization-induced alterations of enamel crystallite morphology and/or orientation. OCT imaging is useful for screening carious sites and determining lesion depth, with Raman spectroscopy providing biochemical confirmation of caries. The combination has potential for development into a new fiber-optic diagnostic tool enabling dentists to identify early caries lesions with greater sensitivity and specificity.     

基于变分法的超声图像斑点噪声自适应滤波算法

各向异性扩散模型在去除超声图像斑点噪声时不能有效保护图像细节,针对上述问题本文提出基于变分法的自适应最小能量去噪模型.首先直接将由微分方程表示的各向异性扩散模型转化为最小能量变分模型;然后引入欧拉弹性能量模型,在去除噪声的同时有效地保护和增强图像细节.同时为了解决数值求解过程中出现的迭代次数与迭代步长的矛盾,本文还提出迭代停止准则和自适应变步长去噪算法.仿真和真实超声图像的实验结果表明基于变分法的超声图像斑点噪声自适应滤波算法在去噪的同时能够很好地保护细节信息,而且能有效地减少迭代次数.     

基于复小波域非线性扩散的超声图像去噪

超声图像易受斑点噪声的干扰,限制了其在医学诊断中的进一步应用。提出了一种将双树复小波变换(DT-CWT)与非线性扩散相结合的超声图像去噪方法。首先,对图像进行双树复小波分解;然后,高频部分和低频部分分别采用自适应对比度扩散和全变差扩散,最后重构图像。给出了实验结果,并与小波阈值收缩和全变差扩散结合的方法、基于小波和基于多小波的非线性扩散方法的图像去噪效果进行了比较。结果表明,本文提出的方法去噪效果更为优越:不但抑制噪声的能力更强,而且能够更好地保留超声图像原有的边缘和纹理特征。     

早期自然釉质龋光学相干断层图像定量分析

目的 通过对早期自然龋变光学相干断层成像(OCT)图像进行定量分析,寻找适于光学相干断层成像技术检测早期龋的定量参数指标.方法 选取D0期、D1期和D2期自然发生釉质龋双尖牙标本各3颗,利用光学相干断层成像分别对上述不同程度早期釉质龋人离体牙进行扫描,并以龋变区域(目标区域)平均灰度值与正常区域(背景区域)平均灰度之比...     

Enhancing obstetric and gynecology ultrasound images by adaptation of the speckle reducing anisotropic diffusion filter

OBJECTIVE: So far there is no ideal speckle reduction filtering technique that is capable of enhancing and reducing the level of noise in medical ultrasound (US) images, while efficiently responding to medical experts' validation criteria which quite often include a subjective component. This paper presents an interactive tool called evolutionary speckle reducing anisotropic diffusion filter (EVOSRAD) that performs adaptive speckle filtering on ultrasound B-mode still images. The medical expert runs the algorithm interactively, having a permanent control over the output, and guiding the filtering process towards obtaining enhanced images that agree to his/her subjective quality criteria. METHODS AND MATERIAL: We employ an interactive evolutionary algorithm (IGA) to adapt on-line the parameters of a speckle reducing anisotropic diffusion (SRAD) filter. For a given input US image, the algorithm evolves the parameters of the SRAD filter according to subjective criteria of the medical expert who runs the interactive algorithm. The method and its validation are applied to a test bed comprising both real and simulated obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) ultrasound images. RESULTS: The potential of the method is analyzed in comparison to other speckle reduction filters: the original SRAD filter, the anisotropic diffusion, offset and median filters. Results obtained show the good potential of the method on several classes of OB/GYN ultrasound images, as well as on a synthetic image simulating a real fetal US image. Quality criteria for the evaluation and validation of the method include subjective scoring given by the medical expert who runs the interactive method, as well as objective global and local quality criteria. CONCLUSIONS: The method presented allows the medical expert to design its own filters according to the degree of medical expertise as well as to particular and often subjective assessment criteria. A filter is designed for a given class of ultrasound images and for a given medical expert who will later use the respective filter in clinical practice. The process of designing a filter is simple and employs an interactive visualization and scoring stage that does not require image processing knowledge. Results show that filters tailored using the presented method achieve better quality scores than other more generic speckle filtering techniques.     

全光纤OCT量化检出早期釉质龋的研究

目的评价全光纤光学相干断层成像（全光纤OCT）检出早期牙釉质人工龋的敏感性。方法在新鲜拔除的7颗离体人恒牙釉质光滑面制备2mm×3mm实验窗．选用pH4．5的化学酸蚀液在开窗区制备0～120h早期脱矿人工龋模型．采用自行研发的口腔全光纤OCT系统检测离体人恒牙早期牙釉质人工龋,以同一牙齿样本的显微数码摄影和偏光显微镜检测作为对照．比较和检验OCT有效检出早期龋变的敏感性和可行性。结果全光纤口腔OCT装置可早期准确检测到脱矿12h以内牙釉质表面组织学水平的微观改变,早于裸眼和临床显微摄影的观察结果：开窗区釉质表面完整度随脱矿作用时间出现递减变化;而釉质脱矿深度随脱矿作用时间而出现递增性变化,不同时段脱矿深度的OCT量化数据与偏光显微镜检出结果相吻合．统计学分析结果表明2者间无显著性差异（P〉0．05）,证实OCT可早期、敏感、精确地检出组织学水平的早期牙釉质人工龋。结论全光纤口腔OCT系统可无创准确检出早期牙釉质表面和表层下人工龋变．获得的龋变深度量化测量数据与偏光显微镜下组织学水平的测量结果高度相关。系统进一步完善后有望作为一种新型光学手段用于口腔临床龋病的早期诊断、量化监控以及干预效果的有效评估。