Mean scatterer spacing estimation using the complex cepstrum

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3034, Issue , 1997, Pages 713-722

  Mia, Rashidus S ^a   Loew, Murray H ^a   Wear, Keith A ^b   Wagner, Robert F ^b  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex cepstruni; Periodicity; Power cepstrum; Scatterer spacing; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIVER; MEDICAL IMAGING; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

COMPLEX CEPSTRUNI; PERIODICITY; POWER CEPSTRUM; SCATTERER SPACING; ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0006637162     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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