In-vivo evaluation of convex array synthetic aperture imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-47

  Pedersen, Morten H ^a   Gammelmark, Kim L ^a   Jensen, Jørgen A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical evaluation; Image comparison; Medical ultrasound; Synthetic aperture imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RANDOM PROCESSES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TRANSDUCERS;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; IMAGE COMPARISON; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; SYNTHETIC APERTURE IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONVEX ARRAY SYNTHETIC APERTURE IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33845759903     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.07.041     Document Type: Article

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