Reduction of the clutter component in Doppler ultrasound signals based on singular value decomposition: A simulation study

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-18

  Ledoux, Léon A F ^a   Brands, Peter J ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clutter suppression; Pulsed Doppler; RF domain signal processing; Signal processing; Singular value decomposition (SVD); Ultrasound; Vessel wall filter

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); ECHO SUPPRESSION; FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH PASS FILTERS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; RADAR CLUTTER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLUTTER SUPPRESSION; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND SIGNALS; PULSED DOPPLER; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; SIMULATION STUDIES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; VESSEL WALLS;

SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RELIABILITY; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030848446     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469701900101     Document Type: Article

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