Application of the Born-approximation deconvolved inverse scattering (BADIS) method to second harmonic imaging

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4687, Issue , 2002, Pages 450-461

  Kharin, Nikolay ^a   Driscoll, Diana ^b   Tobocman, William ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Born approximation; Deconvolution; Inverse scattering; Nonlinear ultrasound; Second harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; APPROXIMATION THEORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SPECKLE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

BORN-APPROXIMATIONS; SECOND HARMONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0036030234     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.462185     Document Type: Article

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