Strain compounding: Spatial resolution and performance on human images

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1535-1541

  Li, P C ^a   Wu, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compounding; Contrast resolution; Speckle reduction; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DEGRADATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; STRAIN;

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MEDICINE;

GELATIN;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; TISSUE;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035668626     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00459-8     Document Type: Article

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