Properties of acoustical speckle in the presence of phase aberration part I: First order statistics

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 12-28

  Trahey, Gregg E ^a   Smith, Stephen W ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Administration Rockville ^*  (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustical speckle; phase aberrations; ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023942689     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173468801000102     Document Type: Article

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