Higher order versus second order statistics in ultrasound image deconvolution

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1409-1416

  Abeyratne, Udantha R ^a   Petropulu, Athina P ^a   Raid, John M ^a   Golas, Thomas ^a   Conant, Emily ^a   Forsberg, Flemming ^a  

^a GORCA Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ULTRASOUND IMAGE DECONVOLUTION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031273111     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.656646     Document Type: Article

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