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。

Review of Nonlinear Filters for Medical Ultrasonic Images

Ultrasound medical imaging has been widely applied in clinic diagnoses because of its real-time, non-invasiveness and convenience. However, it suffers from severe speckle noises. Until now, a lot of filtering algorithms have been proposed, but none of them is satisfactory. In this paper, four nonlinear filter methods, based on median filter, wavelet decomposition and anisotropic diffusion, are systematically reviewed. Finally, the prospect of the nonlinear filtering method is discussed.