Statistics of the radio-frequency signal based on K distribution with application to echocardiography

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1689-1694

  Bernard, Olivier ^b   D'Hooge, Jan ^a,c   Friboulet, Denis ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Dept of Cardiology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECKLE; STATISTICS; TISSUE;

CARDIAC TISSUES; ECHOGRAPHIC SIGNALS; ESTIMATORS; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SIGNALS;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIO WAVES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 33748354467     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1678198     Document Type: Article

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