Frequency Compounding for Speckle Contrast Reduction in Phased Array Images

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1982, Pages 267-281

  Magnin, Paul A ^a   Von Ramm, Olaf T ^a   Thurstone, Frederick L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic speckle; B mode imaging; frequency compounding; phased array; speckle correlation; speckle reduction

Indexed keywords

B SCAN; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MYOCARDIUM; SHEEP; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0020468676     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173468200400303     Document Type: Article

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