Spatial and temporal aberrator stability for real-time adaptive imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1504-1517

  Dahl, Jeremy J ^b   Soo, Mary S ^c   Trahey, Gregg E ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS CORRELATIONS; NEAR-FIELD PHASE CORRECTION; REAL-TIME ADAPTIVE IMAGING; TEMPORAL ABERRATOR STABILITY;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SAMPLING; TISSUE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 27644578013     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1516023     Document Type: Article

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