Reverberation reduction in ultrasonic images via predictive deconvolution

NDT and E International

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-241

  Chang, Young Fo ^a   Ma, Yushieh ^a   Lin, Chao Ming ^b   Lee, Jian Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nondestructive testing; Predictive deconvolution; Reverberation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DECONVOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PREDICTIVE DECONVOLUTION; SOURCE ECHO CHANGES;

REVERBERATION;

EID: 40849105059     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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