A-Mode speckle reduction with compound frequencies and compound bandwidths

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 159-173

  Melton, H E ^a   Magnin, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

compound bandwidth imaging; compound frequency imaging; speckle reduction; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGING;

HUMAN; MANIKINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0021153851     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173468400600205     Document Type: Article

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