Estimator comparison of the Nakagami-m parameter and its application in echocardiography

Radioengineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-12

  Kolár, Radim ^a   Jirík, Radovan ^a   Jan, Jirí ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Matlab; Maximum likeli hood; Nakagami distribution; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444598739     PISSN: 12102512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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