Characterization of elastographic noise using the envelope of echo signals

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 543-555

  Varghese, Tomy ^a   Ophir, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Dynamic range; Elastogram; Elastography; Envelope; Imaging; Strain; Strain filter; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; WAVE FILTERS;

ELASTOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GELATIN; MATHEMATICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0032076550     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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