Pixel Compounding: Resolution-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging for Quantitative Analysis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1309-1319

  Yang, Zhi ^d   Tuthill, Theresa A ^b   Raunig, David L ^c   Fox, Martin D ^a   Analoui, Mostafa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b VirtualScopics LLC   (United States)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic diffusion; Pixel compounding; Super resolution reconstruction; Ultrasound image

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PIXELS; TRANSDUCERS;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION ALGORITHM; CINE LOOPS; CLINICAL TRIALS; PATIENT DIAGNOSIS; PIXEL COMPOUNDING; RANDOM MOTION; RESOLUTION-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSDUCER ARRAY; TRANSMITTING FREQUENCY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; DIFFUSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; VARIANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 34547127633     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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