Improved wavelet hierarchical threshold filter method for optical coherence tomography image de-noising
Jing Cao, Pinghe Wang, Bo Wu, Guohua Shi, Yan Zhang, Xiqi Li, Yudong Zhang, Yong Liu. Improved wavelet hierarchical threshold filter method for optical coherence tomography image de-noising[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2018, 11(3): 1850012.
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Jing Cao, Pinghe Wang, Bo Wu, Guohua Shi, Yan Zhang, Xiqi Li, Yudong Zhang, Yong Liu. Improved wavelet hierarchical threshold filter method for optical coherence tomography image de-noising[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2018, 11(3): 1850012.