A new method of spatial compounding imaging

Ultrasonics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Behar, Vera ^a   Adam, Dan ^a   Friedman, Zvi ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b GE Ultrasound Israel Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Spatial compounding; Speckle reduction; Statistical estimation and simulation; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; TRANSCEIVERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

SPATIAL COMPOUNDING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038695128     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(03)00105-7     Document Type: Article

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