Robust deconvolution of high-frequency ultrasound images using higher-order spectral analysis and wavelets

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1286-1295

  Wan, Suiren ^a   Raju, Balasundar I ^a,b   Srinivasan, Mandayam A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FIR FILTERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DECONVOLUTION; HIGHER ORDER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; INVERSE WIENER FILTERING; ULTRASONIC SKIN IMAGE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0348146246     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1244745     Document Type: Article

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