Estimation of ultrasound wave aberration with signals from random scatterers

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2998-3009

  Måsøy, Svein Erik ^a   Angelsen, Bjørn ^a   Varslot, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SIGNAL THEORY;

AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATIONS; CROSS-SPECTRUM;

ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; FILTER; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

ABDOMINAL WALL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942693713     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1738840     Document Type: Article

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