Elevational spatial compounding

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 176-189

  li, Pai Chi ^a   O'donnell, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic array; contrast resolution; detectability; spatial compounding; ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SPECKLE;

CONTRAST RESOLUTION; CORRELATION LENGTHS; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; LATERAL RESOLUTION; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; ONE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; SPATIAL COMPOUNDING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 0027984586     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469401600303     Document Type: Article

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