Beamforming scheme for 2D displacement estimation in ultrasound imaging

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2005, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1212-1220

  Liebgott, Hervé ^a   Fromageau, Jérémie ^a   Wilhjelm, Jens E ^b   Vray, Didier ^a   Delachartre, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Axial and lateral displacement estimation; Beamforming for ultrasound imaging; Laterally oscillating point spread function; Tissue elasticity imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; OSCILLATIONS; SET THEORY; TISSUE;

AXIAL DISPLACEMENT; BEAMFORMING; LATERAL OSCILLATIONS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 24344486098     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/ASP.2005.1212     Document Type: Article

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