Estimating the elastographic signal-to-noise ratio using correlation coefficients

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 359-368

  Srinivasan, S ^a,b   Kallel, F ^a,b   Ophir, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation coefficient; Elastography; SNR; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CORRELATION THEORY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ELASTOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELASTOGRAPHY; ERROR; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THEORY; TIME; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0036222528     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00510-5     Document Type: Article

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