Ultrasonic B-Scan Imaging: Theory of Image Formation and a Technique for Restoration

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1980, Pages 1-47

  Fatemi, Mostafa ^a   Kak, A C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B scan imaging; medical ultrasound; reflectivity imaging; resolution enhancement; restoration; ultrasonic imaging; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

B SCAN; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FILTER; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACOUSTICS; COMPUTERS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATHEMATICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0018836859     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173468000200101     Document Type: Article

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