Archives of Acoustics, 23, 1, pp. 115-124, 1998

Adaptive hybrid methods for improving the quality of ultrasonic images of skin

M. Lewandowski
Department of Ultrasound Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-049 Warszawa, ul. Świętokrzyska 21
Poland

A. Nowicki
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-049 Warszawa, ul. Świętokrzyska 21
Poland

This study is concerned with methods for improving the quality of micro-ultrasonographic images using digital signal processing. A method of linear adaptive filtering is presented, which makes it possible to reduce speckle in ultrasonographic images, and its non-linear modification is proposed. Quantitative results of one-dimensional simulation of these filters is proposed and the results for real micro-ultrasonographic images of skin are presented.
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