Analysis of speckle in ultrasound images using fractional order statistics and the homodyned k-distribution

Ultrasonics

Volumn 40, Issue 1-8, 2002, Pages 133-137

  Prager, Richard W ^a   Gee, Andrew H ^a   Treece, Graham M ^a   Berman, Laurence H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fractional order statistics; Homodyned k distribution; Speckle

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SCANNING; SPECKLE; STATISTICS; TISSUE;

FRACTIONAL-ORDER STATISTICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036557883     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(02)00104-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. Ultrasound echo envelope analysis using a homodyned k distribution signal model
2. Speckle analysis using signal to noise ratios based on fractional order moments
3. Effective density estimators based on the k distribution: Interest of low and fractional order moments
4. Generalized k distribution: A statistical model for weak scattering