Sub-pixel compounding from elasticity imaging data

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6510, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Yang, Zhi ^a   Sinha, Sumedha ^a   Booi, Rebecca C ^a   Roubidoux, Marilyn A ^a   Ma, Bing ^a   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a   LeCarpentier, Gerald L ^a   Carson, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasound image; Elasticity imaging; Resolution enhancement; Speckle reduction; Sub pixel compounding

Indexed keywords

B-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGE; ELASTICITY IMAGING; RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT; SPECKLE REDUCTION; SUB-PIXEL COMPOUNDING;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PIXELS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 35148890438     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.711649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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