Three-dimensional tissue motion and its effect on image noise in elastography

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1286-1296

  Kallel, Faouzi ^a   Ophir, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE NOISE; THREE DIMENSIONAL TISSUE MOTION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031274258     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.656632     Document Type: Article

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