Sparse deconvolution of B-scan images

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1634-1641

  Olofsson, Tomas ^a   Wennerström, Erik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DECONVOLUTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

ACTIVE SCATTERING TARGETS; RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE FOCUSING TECHNIQUE (SAFT);

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548057191     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.434     Document Type: Article

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