The cross algorithm for phase-aberration correction in medical ultrasound images formed with two-dimensional arrays

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 588-601

  Li, Yue ^a   Robinson, Brent ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION CORRECTIONS; CROSS-CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES; NEAR FIELDS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; PEAK POSITIONS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SIMULATED DATUM; TRANSDUCER ELEMENTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS;

ABERRATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUNDANCY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 44849121447     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.684     Document Type: Article

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