The combined effect of nonlinear filtration and window size on the accuracy of tissue displacement estimation using detected echo signals

Ultrasonics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 743-753

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

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b GE Ultrasound Israel Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiac elastography; Motion estimation; Nonlinear image filtration; Statistical estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOTION ESTIMATION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CARDIAC ELASTOGRAPHY; NONLINEAR FILTRATION;

CARDIOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HUMANS;

EID: 1342344969     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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