Decompression and speckle detection for ultrasound images using the homodyned k-distribution

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 705-713

  Prager, R W ^a   Gee, A H ^a   Treece, G M ^a   Berman, L H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

k Distribution; Logarithmic compression; Speckle detection; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; SPECKLE; STATISTICS;

DECOMPRESSION;

ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0037290194     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8655(02)00176-9     Document Type: Article

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