Adaptive imaging in aberrating media: A broadband algorithm

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 300-321

  Norton, Stephen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrating media; adaptive imaging; image reconstruction; inhomogeneous media; ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0026461088     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469201400305     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Attia E. H. Steinberg B. D., Self-Cohering large antenna arrays using the spatial correlation properties of radar clutter, IEEE Trans. Antennas Prop. 37, 30–38 (1989).
2. Flax S. W. ODonnell M., Phase-aberration correction using signals from point reflectors and diffuse scatterers: basic principles, IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr. 35, 758–767 (1988).
3. Steinberg B. D. Subbaram H. M., Microwave Imaging Techniques (Wiley, New York, 1991).
4. Hirama M. Sato T., Imaging through an inhomogeneous layer by least-mean-square error fitting, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 75, 1142–1147 (1984).
5. Rachlin D., Direct estimation of aberrating delays in pulse-echo imaging systems, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88, 191–198 (1990).
6. Muller R. A. Buffington A., Real-time correction of atmospherically degraded telescope images through image sharpening, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64, 1200–1210 (1974).
7. Nock L. Trahey G. E. Smith S. W., Phase aberration correction in medical ultrasound using speckle brightness as a quality factor, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 85, 1819–1833 (1989).
8. Trahey G. Danhua Z. Miglin J. A. Smith S. W., Experimental results with a real-time adaptive ultrasonic imaging system for viewing through distorting media, IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr. 37, 418–427 (1990).
9. Zhao D. Trahey G. E., Comparisons of image quality factors for phase aberration correction with diffuse and point targets: theory and experiments, IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Contr. 38, 125–132 (1991).
10. Norton S. J., Theory of Acoustic Imaging, Stanford University Technical Report, No. 4956–2 (1976).
11. See for example: Press W. H. Flannery B. P. Teukolsky S. A. Vettering W. T., Numerical Recipes, Ch. 10 (Cambridge University Press, 1989).