Image formation in vibro-acoustography with depth-of-field effects

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 321-327

  Silva, Glauber T ^a   Frery, Alejandro C ^a   Fatemi, Mostafa ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Image formation; Point spread function; Vibro acoustography

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; CONCAVE SECTOR ARRAY; DEPTH OF FIELD EFFECTS; VIBRO ACOUSTOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RADIATION EFFECTS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIMULATION; STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VIBROACOUSTOGRAPHY;

ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; VIBRATION;

EID: 33748206754     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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