Ultrasonic Texture Motion Analysis: Theory and Simulation

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 293-300

  Meunier, Jean ^a   Bertrand, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN NOISE; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MOTION ANALYSIS; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION;

DEFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ROTATION; SPECKLE; STRAIN GAGES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0029324838     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.387711     Document Type: Article

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