Properties of acoustical speckle in the presence of phase aberration Part II: Correlation lengths

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 29-51

  Smith, Stephen W ^a,b   Trahey, Gregg E ^c   Hubbard, Sylvia M ^c   Wagner, Robert F ^a  

^a Drug Administration Rockville ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustical speckle; phase aberrations; ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023941858     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173468801000103     Document Type: Article

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