Pseudo-inverse filtering of IVUS images

IEE Proceedings: Science, Measurement and Technology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 321-326

  Young, W F ^a   McLaughlin, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial resolution; Inverse filter; Sigmoid based pseudo inversion technique; Wiener filter

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVE FILTERS;

INVERSE FILTERS; WIENER FILTERS;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

EID: 0032208250     PISSN: 13502344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-smt:19982323     Document Type: Article

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