Clutter rejection filters in color flow imaging: A theoretical approach

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 417-424

  Torp, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; CURVE FITTING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR IMAGING; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

AUTOCORRELATION ALGORITHMS; CLUTTER REJECTION FILTERS; COLOR FLOW IMAGING; TIME INVARIANT FILTERS;

DIGITAL FILTERS;

EID: 0031102176     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.585126     Document Type: Article

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