Speckle reduction achievable by spatial compounding and frequency compounding: Experimental results and implications for target detectability

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 768, Issue , 1987, Pages 185-192

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC WAVES - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

COHERENT IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING; SPECKLE REDUCTION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0023543929     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.940266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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