1. An Axially Variant Kernel Imaging Model Applied to Ultrasound Image Reconstruction
- Author
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Sergiy A. Vorobyov, Denis Kouame, Mihai I. Florea, Adrian Basarab, Aalto University, CoMputational imagINg anD viSion (IRIT-MINDS), Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse (IRIT), Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INPT (FRANCE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT2J (FRANCE), Université Toulouse 1 Capitole - UT1 (FRANCE), Aalto University (FINLAND), Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse - IRIT (Toulouse, France), and Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE)
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Signal Processing (eess.SP) ,Image formation ,Forward model ,Computer science ,ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION ,Deconvolution ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Imaging ,Convolution ,Axially varying ,Matrix-free ,Ultrasound ,Point-spread function ,0103 physical sciences ,FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Boundary value problem ,Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Invariant (mathematics) ,010301 acoustics ,Circulant matrix ,ta213 ,Ultrasonic imaging ,Applied Mathematics ,92C55 ,Computational modeling ,Inverse problem ,Modélisation et simulation ,[INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation ,Kernel ,Kernel (image processing) ,Image reconstruction ,Signal Processing ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Algorithm - Abstract
International audience; Existing ultrasound deconvolution approaches unrealistically assume, primarily for computational reasons, that the convolution model relies on a spatially invariant kernel and circulant boundary conditions. We discard both restrictions and introduce an image formation model applicable to ultrasound imaging and deconvolution based on an axially varying kernel, which accounts for arbitrary boundary conditions. Our model has the same computational complexity as the one employing spatially invariant convolution and has negligible memory requirements. To accommodate the state-of-the-art deconvolution approaches when applied to a variety of inverse problem formulations, we also provide an equally efficient adjoint expression for our model. Simulation results confirm the tractability of our model for the deconvolution of large images. Moreover, in terms of accuracy metrics, the quality of reconstruction using our model is superior to that obtained using spatially invariant convolution.
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- 2018