{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2903138272","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3282286.3282290","title":"A Comparative Analysis of Clustering Algorithms for Ultrasound Image Despeckling Applications","display_name":"A Comparative Analysis of Clustering Algorithms for Ultrasound Image Despeckling Applications","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-10-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2903138272","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3282286.3282290","mag":"2903138272"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3282286.3282290","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3282286.3282290","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Graphics and Signal Processing","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040930648","display_name":"Prerna Singh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2770-9493"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I185492890","display_name":"University of Canterbury","ror":"https://ror.org/03y7q9t39","country_code":"NZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I185492890"]}],"countries":["NZ"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Prerna Singh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185492890"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010870517","display_name":"Ramakrishnan Mukundan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4578-1931"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I185492890","display_name":"University of Canterbury","ror":"https://ror.org/03y7q9t39","country_code":"NZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I185492890"]}],"countries":["NZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ramakrishnan Mukundan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185492890"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015376533","display_name":"Rex de Ryke","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2577-899X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210159752","display_name":"Canterbury District Health Board","ror":"https://ror.org/05tqtd486","country_code":"NZ","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210159752"]}],"countries":["NZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rex de Ryke","raw_affiliation_strings":["Radiology Services, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Radiology Services, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210159752"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5040930648"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185492890"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.1444278,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":"2","issue":null,"first_page":"51","last_page":"56"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10688","display_name":"Image and Signal Denoising Methods","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10688","display_name":"Image and Signal Denoising Methods","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11659","display_name":"Advanced Image Fusion Techniques","score":0.9902999997138977,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2214","display_name":"Media Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11019","display_name":"Image Enhancement Techniques","score":0.9757000207901001,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cluster-analysis","display_name":"Cluster analysis","score":0.8332277536392212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.6521903276443481},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/speckle-noise","display_name":"Speckle noise","score":0.6509341597557068},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fuzzy-clustering","display_name":"Fuzzy clustering","score":0.6261467337608337},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pattern-recognition","display_name":"Pattern recognition (psychology)","score":0.6074068546295166},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/speckle-pattern","display_name":"Speckle pattern","score":0.6024289131164551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5624178051948547},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fuzzy-logic","display_name":"Fuzzy logic","score":0.4751986265182495},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/canny-edge-detector","display_name":"Canny edge detector","score":0.44707292318344116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cure-data-clustering-algorithm","display_name":"CURE data clustering algorithm","score":0.44546663761138916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wavelet","display_name":"Wavelet","score":0.4366835057735443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/correlation-clustering","display_name":"Correlation clustering","score":0.4284706711769104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/image","display_name":"Image (mathematics)","score":0.3403145670890808},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-vision","display_name":"Computer vision","score":0.3347824811935425},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.33376550674438477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.32382261753082275},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/edge-detection","display_name":"Edge detection","score":0.2998286485671997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/image-processing","display_name":"Image processing","score":0.22838714718818665}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73555534","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622825","display_name":"Cluster analysis","level":2,"score":0.8332277536392212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.6521903276443481},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180940675","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7575045","display_name":"Speckle noise","level":3,"score":0.6509341597557068},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17212007","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5511111","display_name":"Fuzzy clustering","level":3,"score":0.6261467337608337},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153180895","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7148389","display_name":"Pattern recognition (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.6074068546295166},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C102290492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7575045","display_name":"Speckle pattern","level":2,"score":0.6024289131164551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5624178051948547},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224821","display_name":"Fuzzy logic","level":2,"score":0.4751986265182495},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14705441","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597183","display_name":"Canny edge detector","level":5,"score":0.44707292318344116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33704608","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5014717","display_name":"CURE data clustering algorithm","level":4,"score":0.44546663761138916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47432892","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q831390","display_name":"Wavelet","level":2,"score":0.4366835057735443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94641424","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5172845","display_name":"Correlation clustering","level":3,"score":0.4284706711769104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115961682","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860623","display_name":"Image (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.3403145670890808},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.3347824811935425},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.33376550674438477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.32382261753082275},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C193536780","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1513153","display_name":"Edge detection","level":4,"score":0.2998286485671997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9417928","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1070689","display_name":"Image processing","level":3,"score":0.22838714718818665}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3282286.3282290","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3282286.3282290","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Graphics and Signal Processing","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/15","score":0.6100000143051147,"display_name":"Life in Land"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":23,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1849953863","https://openalex.org/W1914979257","https://openalex.org/W1989696065","https://openalex.org/W2031249167","https://openalex.org/W2033483534","https://openalex.org/W2043187791","https://openalex.org/W2044291693","https://openalex.org/W2051116661","https://openalex.org/W2051425743","https://openalex.org/W2077107850","https://openalex.org/W2077110530","https://openalex.org/W2112212587","https://openalex.org/W2125836384","https://openalex.org/W2167428023","https://openalex.org/W2222730520","https://openalex.org/W2324797406","https://openalex.org/W2333982127","https://openalex.org/W2400646860","https://openalex.org/W2519209168","https://openalex.org/W2691788484","https://openalex.org/W2736025432","https://openalex.org/W2766393207","https://openalex.org/W2766501232"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2556490192","https://openalex.org/W2892323093","https://openalex.org/W2361242132","https://openalex.org/W3071522575","https://openalex.org/W3140018618","https://openalex.org/W2406185607","https://openalex.org/W2389934482","https://openalex.org/W2374506950","https://openalex.org/W2353443653","https://openalex.org/W4308301473"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0,38,138],"paper":[1,139],"proposes":[2],"a":[3,102,142],"novel":[4],"framework":[5,80],"for":[6,54],"speckle":[7,122,133],"noise":[8],"suppression":[9,134],"and":[10,33,56,74,100,135],"edge":[11,98,136],"preservation":[12],"using":[13,95,111],"clustering":[14,48,60,103,128,153],"algorithms":[15,20,49],"in":[16],"ultrasound":[17,69,77],"images.":[18,78],"The":[19,79],"considered":[21],"are":[22,66,93,118],"K-means":[23],"clustering,":[24,27],"fuzzy":[25,30,35],"C-means":[26,36],"possibilistic":[28,31,34],"C-means,":[29,32],"clustering.":[37],"work":[39],"presents":[40,141],"an":[41],"exhaustive":[42],"comparative":[43],"analysis":[44],"of":[45,64,71,82,90,145,151],"the":[46,58,72,88,91,96,115,126,149,152],"above":[47],"to":[50,121,147],"consider":[51],"their":[52],"suitability":[53],"despeckling":[55],"identifies":[57],"best":[59],"algorithm.":[61],"Two":[62],"types":[63],"dataset":[65],"considered:":[67],"medical":[68],"images":[70],"thyroid,":[73],"synthetically":[75],"modelled":[76],"consists":[81],"several":[83],"distinct":[84],"phases":[85],"-":[86],"first":[87],"edges":[89,117],"image":[92],"identified":[94],"Canny":[97],"operator,":[99],"then":[101],"algorithm":[104],"applied":[105],"on":[106],"high":[107],"frequency":[108],"coefficients":[109],"extracted":[110],"wavelet":[112],"transform.":[113],"Finally,":[114],"preserved":[116],"added":[119],"back":[120],"suppressed":[123],"image.":[124],"Thus,":[125],"proposed":[127],"method":[129],"effectively":[130],"accomplishes":[131],"both":[132],"preservation.":[137],"also":[140],"quantitative":[143],"evaluation":[144],"results":[146],"demonstrate":[148],"effectiveness":[150],"approach.":[154]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}