Chirp imaging vibro-acoustography for removing the ultrasound standing wave artifact

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1249-1255

  Mitri, F G ^a,b   Greenleaf, J F ^a,b   Fatemi, M ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Chirp imaging; Dynamic radiation force; Standing wave; Ultrasound imaging; Vibro acoustography

Indexed keywords

CHIRP IMAGING; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES; PRIMARY ULTRASOUND BEAMS; VIBRO-ACOUSTOGRAPHY (VA);

BANDWIDTH; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STAINLESS STEEL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 26844546944     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2005.854518     Document Type: Article

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