On the Performance of Regression and Step- Initialized IIR Clutter Filters for Color Doppler Systems in Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 927-937

  Loupas, Thanasis ^a   Kadi, Anthony P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CLUTTER FILTERING; CLUTTER TO FLOW SIGNAL RATIO; COLOR DOPPLER IMAGING; COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; REGRESSION FILTERS;

DIGITAL FILTERS;

EID: 0029378406     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.464825     Document Type: Article

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