Analysis and correction of ultrasonic wavefront distortion based on a multilayer phase-screen model

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1686-1703

  Huang, Deng Huei ^a   Tsao, Jenho ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BACKPROPAGATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SPECKLE; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; WAVEFRONTS;

PHASE SCREENS;

ULTRASONIC DISTORTION;

ABDOMEN; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMEN; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0036883373     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2002.1159847     Document Type: Article

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