C- and D-weighted ultrasonic imaging using the translating apertures algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 452-461

  Walker, William F ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES; TRANSLATING APERTURES ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS; TISSUE; TUMORS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BREAST TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0035263380     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.911728     Document Type: Article

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