Robust estimation of ultrasound pulses using outlier-resistant de-noising

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 368-381

  Michailovich, Oleg ^a   Adam, Dan ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Outlier resistant estimation; Ultrasound pulse estimation; Wavelet de noising

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SPECKLE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FISHER-TIPPET DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN RANDOM VARIABLES; RADIO-FREQUENCY LINE; SPECKLE NOISE;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038321609     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2003.809603     Document Type: Article

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