Elevation direction deconvolution in three-dimensional ultrasound imaging

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 389-394

  Wang, Xinyu ^a   Ritchie, Cameron J ^b   Kim, Yongniin ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ELEVATION DIRECTION DECONVOLUTION (EDD); FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0030165534     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.500148     Document Type: Article

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