Improved beamforming for lateral oscillations in elastography using synthetic aperture imaging

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 2168-2171

  Liebgott, H ^a   Basarab, A ^a   Loizeau, D ^a   Wilhjelm, J E ^b   Jensen, J A ^b   Delachartre, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Displacement estimation; Elastograhy; Lateral oscillations; Synthetic aperture imaging

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BEAMFORMING TECHNIQUE; DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATION; ELASTOGRAHY; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; LATERAL OSCILLATIONS; RECEIVE BEAMFORMING; STANDARD DEVIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE IMAGING;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 43649091615     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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