Comparison of cepstrum-based methods for radial blind deconvolution of ultrasound images

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 666-674

  Taxt, Torfinn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLYNOMIALS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CEPSTRUM METHODS; RADIAL BLIND DECONVOLUTION; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031146548     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.658327     Document Type: Article

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