Improved parametric imaging of scatterer size estimates using angular compounding

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 708-715

  Gerig, Anthony L ^a   Varghese, Tomy ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ECHO FREQUENCY; MEDICAL IMAGING MODALITY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND SIGNALS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042528696     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2004.1304269     Document Type: Article

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