Motion Estimation Using the Firefly Algorithm in Ultrasonic Image Sequence of Soft Tissue
Joint Authors
Horng, Ming-Huwi
Chao, Chih-Feng
Chen, Yu-Chan
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-03-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Ultrasonic image sequence of the soft tissue is widely used in disease diagnosis; however, the speckle noises usually influenced the image quality.
These images usually have a low signal-to-noise ratio presentation.
The phenomenon gives rise to traditional motion estimation algorithms that are not suitable to measure the motion vectors.
In this paper, a new motion estimation algorithm is developed for assessing the velocity field of soft tissue in a sequence of ultrasonic B-mode images.
The proposed iterative firefly algorithm (IFA) searches for few candidate points to obtain the optimal motion vector, and then compares it to the traditional iterative full search algorithm (IFSA) via a series of experiments of in vivo ultrasonic image sequences.
The experimental results show that the IFA can assess the vector with better efficiency and almost equal estimation quality compared to the traditional IFSA method.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chao, Chih-Feng& Horng, Ming-Huwi& Chen, Yu-Chan. 2015. Motion Estimation Using the Firefly Algorithm in Ultrasonic Image Sequence of Soft Tissue. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057866
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chao, Chih-Feng…[et al.]. Motion Estimation Using the Firefly Algorithm in Ultrasonic Image Sequence of Soft Tissue. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057866
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chao, Chih-Feng& Horng, Ming-Huwi& Chen, Yu-Chan. Motion Estimation Using the Firefly Algorithm in Ultrasonic Image Sequence of Soft Tissue. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057866
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1057866