Accurate ultrasonic measurement of surface profile using phase shift of echo and inverse filtering

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 5 B, 2006, Pages 4727-4731

  Arihara, Chihiro ^a   Hasegawa, Hideyuki ^a   Kanai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Inverse filter; Phase shift; Point spread function; Roughness; Surface profile

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHASE SHIFT; SCANNING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; INVERSE FILTERING; SURFACE PROFILE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33744459980     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.45.4727     Document Type: Article

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