A Ray Tracing Approach to Restoration and Resolution Enhancement in Experimental Ultrasound Tomography

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 268-291

  Andersen, Anders H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

algebraic reconstruction; enhancement; Experimental; ray tracing; rebinning; refraction; resolution; tomography; ultrasound; velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOTOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GELATIN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0025155736     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469001200403     Document Type: Article

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