Multi-angle compound imaging

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-102

  Jespersen, Søren K ^a,b   Wilhjelm, Jens E ^a   Sillesen, Henrik ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BK Medical   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Compound imaging; Detection; Low contrast; Spatial compounding; Speckle reduction

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ERROR DETECTION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPOUND IMAGING; LOW CONTRAST; SPATIAL COMPOUNDING; SPECKLE REDUCTION;

SPECKLE;

RUBBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CONTRAST; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWINE; TUBE;

EID: 0031826296     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469802000201     Document Type: Article

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