• Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
  • Vol. 11, Issue 3, 1850012 (2018)
Jing Cao1, Pinghe Wang1, Bo Wu2, Guohua Shi1,3,*..., Yan Zhang4, Xiqi Li5,6, Yudong Zhang5,6 and Yong Liu1|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No. 4, Section 2, North Jianshe Road, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
  • 2College of Optoelectronic Technology, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, P. R. China
  • 3Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, P. R. China
  • 4School of Electronic and Communication Engineering, Guiyang University, Guiyang 550005, P. R. China
  • 5Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, P. R. China
  • 6Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Key Laboratory on Adaptive Optics, Chengdu 610209, P. R. China
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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 Copy Citation Text show less
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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
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