Ultrasonic attenuation tomography based on log-spectrum analysis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5750, Issue , 2005, Pages 305-314

  Jiřík, Radovan ^a   Stotzka, Rainer ^b   Taxt, Torfinn ^c  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attenuation imaging; Ultrasound attenuation tomography; Ultrasound computed tomography; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ATTENUATION IMAGING; DATA SET; ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 24644436000     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.594474     Document Type: Conference Paper

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