Modified ultrasound despeckling assessment index for the Field II simulated cyst image

Abstract

Various methods have been proposed to reduce speckle noise, which decreases image quality in ultrasound images. The Field II simulated cyst image consists of three classes and is used to compare a proposed despeckle filter with other wellknown filters. The ultrasound despeckling assessment index (USDSAI) is a metric used to evaluate the proposed despeckling filters for the cyst image. This metric should be used when different regions are properly defined. In this study, the authors first analysed the performance of USDSAI for the cyst image. Then, the authors modified the USDSAI by proposing a new metric for the background class of the cyst image and evaluated its performance. The results show that the authors' proposed metric has better performance than USDSAI. © 2017, The Institution of Engineering and Technology.