Application of Autoregressive Spectral Analysis for Ultrasound Attenuation Estimation: Interest in Highly Attenuating Medium

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 99-110

  Baldeweck, T ^a   Laugier, P ^a   Berger, G ^a   Herment, A ^b  

^a UPMC Univ Paris 06   (France)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

AUTOREGRESSIVE SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC ATTENUATION; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029209026     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.368307     Document Type: Article

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