Estimation of ultrasound attenuation and dispersion using short time Fourier transform

Ultrasonics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 375-381

  Zhao, B ^a   Basir, O A ^a,b   Mittal, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Phase velocity; Short time Fourier transform; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC DISPERSION; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDE SPECTRUM; PHASE VELOCITY; SHORT TIME FOURIER TRANSFORMS (STFT); ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 13944255152     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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