Eigen-based clutter filters for color flow imaging: Single-ensemble vs. multi-ensemble approaches

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1101-1104

  Yu, Alfred C H ^a   Løvstakken, Lasse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clutter supression; Color flow imaging; Eigen based filters; Eigen component estimation

Indexed keywords

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; ULTRASONICS; WAVE FILTERS; WINDOWS;

BYPASS GRAFTING; CLUTTER FILTERING; CLUTTER SUPRESSION; CLUTTER-SUPPRESSION; COLOR FLOW IMAGING; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CORONARY FLOW IMAGING; EIGEN-BASED FILTERS; EIGEN-COMPONENT ESTIMATION; EIGEN-ESTIMATION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; TISSUE MOTION;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

EID: 48149095202     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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