A quantitative approach to speckle reduction via frequency compounding

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 151-164

  Trahey, G E ^a   Allison, J W ^a   Smith, S W ^b   Von Ramm, O T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Frequency compounding; speckle reduction; ultrasonic speckle

Indexed keywords

B SCAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; THEORETICAL STUDY;

HUMAN; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0022898108     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173468600800301     Document Type: Article

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