Statistical characterization of diffuse scattering in ultrasound images

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-64

  Georgiou, Georgia ^a   Cohen, Fernand S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPECKLE; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ULTRASOUND SPECKLE ECHO;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031698532     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.646911     Document Type: Article

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