A Statistical Analysis of Phase Aberration Correction using Image Quality Factors in Coherent Imaging Systems

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 446-452

  Zhao, Danhua ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; RADAR IMAGING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

COHERENT IMAGING SYSTEMS; COHERENT RADAR IMAGING; ERROR PROBABILITY MINIMIZATION; IMAGE QUALITY FACTORS; PHASE ABERRATION CORRECTION; SPECKLE BRIGHTNESS; SPECKLE NOISE;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0026922960     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.158948     Document Type: Article

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