A Hybrid Multilayer Filtering Approach for Thyroid Nodule Segmentation on Ultrasound Images

Speckle noise is the main factor that degrades ultrasound image contrast and segmentation failure. Determining an effective filter can reduce speckle noise and improve segmentation performances. The aim of this study was to define a useful filter to improve the segmentation outcome.

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