Adaptive imaging using the generalized coherence factor

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-141

  Li, Pai Chi ^a   Li, Meng Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CORRELATION METHODS; ERRORS; EVALUATION; FOCUSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONICS;

ADAPTIVE IMAGING; CORRELATION BASED TECHNIQUE; GENERALIZED COHERENCE FACTOR; PARALLEL ADAPTIVE RECEIVE COMPENSATION ALGORITHM; SOUND VELOCITY INHOMOGENEITIES;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYSTS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037289710     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1182117     Document Type: Article

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