Quantitative comparisons between MSAN and other methods in terms of PSNR and SSIM with the proposed 2D ultrasound imaging dataset. The first and second best performances are denoted in red and blue, respectively.
| PSNR(dB)/SSIM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methods | The number of raw images for averaging | Average value | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| Traditional method | Noised | 20.67 / 0.2980 | 21.00 / 0.3917 | 23.00 / 0.4770 | 23.67 / 0.5559 | 23.75 / 0.6610 | 22.42 / 0.4767 |
| NLM | 21.22 / 0.6428 | 23.03 / 0.7179 | 25.99 / 0.7328 | 27.88 / 0.7448 | 29.32 / 0.7985 | 25.49 / 0.7274 | |
| BM3D | 21.38 / 0.6941 | 24.47 / 0.7147 | 26.06 / 0.7499 | 28.43 / 0.7774 | 28.78 / 0.8093 | 25.82 / 0.7491 | |
| KSVD | 21.50 / 0.6635 | 24.02 / 0.6971 | 24.94 / 0.7588 | 26.90 / 0.7898 | 30.15 / 0.7898 | 25.50 / 0.7398 | |
| EPLL | 21.31 / 0.6852 | 23.76 / 0.7317 | 25.31 / 0.7467 | 27.79 / 0.7759 | 29.83 / 0.8138 | 25.60 / 0.7507 | |
| WNNM | 22.19 / 0.6718 | 23.55 / 0.7293 | 25.23 / 0.7468 | 27.27 / 0.7560 | 29.67 / 0.7634 | 25.58 / 0.7335 | |
| PURE-LET | 22.42 / 0.6783 | 23.20 / 0.7344 | 25.95 / 0.7775 | 28.30 / 0.7511 | 29.54 / 0.7863 | 25.88 / 0.7455 | |
| Early DL | DnCNN | 26.08 / 0.7499 | 27.89 / 0.7632 | 29.36 / 0.8021 | 30.67 / 0.7843 | 30.89 / 0.8444 | 28.98 / 0.7888 |
| IRCNN | 25.86 / 0.7688 | 28.07 / 0.7883 | 28.60 / 0.7900 | 30.63 / 0.8349 | 30.74 / 0.8080 | 28.78 / 0.8000 | |
| MemNet | 25.23 / 0.7389 | 26.89 / 0.8134 | 28.33 / 0.7930 | 30.17 / 0.7802 | 31.77 / 0.8287 | 28.48 / 0.7948 | |
| SotA DL | Noise2Noise | 26.80 / 0.7541 | 27.48 / 0.7748 | 29.16 / 0.7748 | 29.90 / 0.7799 | 32.35 / 0.8017 | 29.14 / 0.7771 |
| MWCNN | 26.34 / 0.7448 | 27.48 / 0.7815 | 28.75 / 0.7654 | 30.61 / 0.8049 | 30.62 / 0.7794 | 28.76 / 0.7752 | |
| RIDNet | 25.86 / 0.7263 | 26.79 / 0.7908 | 28.90 / 0.7932 | 30.74 / 0.7909 | 30.73 / 0.8079 | 28.60 / 0.7818 | |
| DPDN | 26.87 / 0.7340 | 27.01 / 0.7608 | 28.96 / 0.8279 | 31.10 / 0.8155 | 32.11 / 0.8247 | 29.21 / 0.7926 | |
| WF-UNet | 25.40 / 0.6283 | 27.98 / 0.7034 | 29.26 / 0.7306 | 29.80 / 0.7487 | 30.22 / 0.7394 | 28.53 / 0.7101 | |
| MSAN (Ours) | 27.88 / 0.7820 | 30.24 / 0.8290 | 30.80 / 0.8338 | 32.76 / 0.8408 | 33.25 / 0.8330 | 30.98 / 0.8233 | |
| PSNR(dB)/SSIM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methods | The number of raw images for averaging | Average value | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| Traditional method | Noised | 20.67 / 0.2980 | 21.00 / 0.3917 | 23.00 / 0.4770 | 23.67 / 0.5559 | 23.75 / 0.6610 | 22.42 / 0.4767 |
| NLM | 21.22 / 0.6428 | 23.03 / 0.7179 | 25.99 / 0.7328 | 27.88 / 0.7448 | 29.32 / 0.7985 | 25.49 / 0.7274 | |
| BM3D | 21.38 / 0.6941 | 24.47 / 0.7147 | 26.06 / 0.7499 | 28.43 / 0.7774 | 28.78 / 0.8093 | 25.82 / 0.7491 | |
| KSVD | 21.50 / 0.6635 | 24.02 / 0.6971 | 24.94 / 0.7588 | 26.90 / 0.7898 | 30.15 / 0.7898 | 25.50 / 0.7398 | |
| EPLL | 21.31 / 0.6852 | 23.76 / 0.7317 | 25.31 / 0.7467 | 27.79 / 0.7759 | 29.83 / 0.8138 | 25.60 / 0.7507 | |
| WNNM | 22.19 / 0.6718 | 23.55 / 0.7293 | 25.23 / 0.7468 | 27.27 / 0.7560 | 29.67 / 0.7634 | 25.58 / 0.7335 | |
| PURE-LET | 22.42 / 0.6783 | 23.20 / 0.7344 | 25.95 / 0.7775 | 28.30 / 0.7511 | 29.54 / 0.7863 | 25.88 / 0.7455 | |
| Early DL | DnCNN | 26.08 / 0.7499 | 27.89 / 0.7632 | 29.36 / 0.8021 | 30.67 / 0.7843 | 30.89 / 0.8444 | 28.98 / 0.7888 |
| IRCNN | 25.86 / 0.7688 | 28.07 / 0.7883 | 28.60 / 0.7900 | 30.63 / 0.8349 | 30.74 / 0.8080 | 28.78 / 0.8000 | |
| MemNet | 25.23 / 0.7389 | 26.89 / 0.8134 | 28.33 / 0.7930 | 30.17 / 0.7802 | 31.77 / 0.8287 | 28.48 / 0.7948 | |
| SotA DL | Noise2Noise | 26.80 / 0.7541 | 27.48 / 0.7748 | 29.16 / 0.7748 | 29.90 / 0.7799 | 32.35 / 0.8017 | 29.14 / 0.7771 |
| MWCNN | 26.34 / 0.7448 | 27.48 / 0.7815 | 28.75 / 0.7654 | 30.61 / 0.8049 | 30.62 / 0.7794 | 28.76 / 0.7752 | |
| RIDNet | 25.86 / 0.7263 | 26.79 / 0.7908 | 28.90 / 0.7932 | 30.74 / 0.7909 | 30.73 / 0.8079 | 28.60 / 0.7818 | |
| DPDN | 26.87 / 0.7340 | 27.01 / 0.7608 | 28.96 / 0.8279 | 31.10 / 0.8155 | 32.11 / 0.8247 | 29.21 / 0.7926 | |
| WF-UNet | 25.40 / 0.6283 | 27.98 / 0.7034 | 29.26 / 0.7306 | 29.80 / 0.7487 | 30.22 / 0.7394 | 28.53 / 0.7101 | |
| MSAN (Ours) | 27.88 / 0.7820 | 30.24 / 0.8290 | 30.80 / 0.8338 | 32.76 / 0.8408 | 33.25 / 0.8330 | 30.98 / 0.8233 | |