Comparisons of Image Quality Factors for Phase Aberration Correction with Diffuse and Point Targets: Theory and Experiments

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 125-132

  Zhao, D ^a   Trahey, G E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING - IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES - ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY;

COHERENT ULTRASONIC IMAGING; IMAGE BRIGHTNESS; IMAGE QUALITY FACTORS; PHASE ABERRATION CORRECTION;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 0026128875     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.68469     Document Type: Article

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