Statistical properties of radio-frequency and envelope-detected signals with applications to medical ultrasound

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 910-922

  Wagner, Robert F ^a   Insana, Michael F ^a   Brown, David G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

HUMAN; RADIO WAVES; STATISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023332753     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.4.000910     Document Type: Article

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