Low Contrast Detectability and Contrast/Detail Analysis in Medical Ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 164-173

  Smith, Stephen W ^a,b   Wagner, Robert F ^c   Sandrik, John M ^d   Lopez, Hector ^c  

^a National Center for Health Services Research   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Electronic Products at NCDRH ^*  (United States)

^d GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

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ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0020748869     PISSN: 00189537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-SU.1983.31405     Document Type: Article

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