Sidelobe suppression in ultrasound imaging using dual apodization with cross-correlation

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2198-2210

  Seo, Chi Hyung ^a   Yen, Jesse T ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APODIZATION; APODIZATION FUNCTIONS; CLUTTER SUPPRESSIONS; COMPUTATIONAL LOADS; EFFICIENT; LINEAR ARRAYS; NOISE RATIOS; PROCESSED IMAGES; RF DATUM; SIDELOBE SUPPRESSIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; WEIGHTING STRATEGIES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD VESSELS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); CORRELATION METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLARIZATION; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CYSTS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 54049140601     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.919     Document Type: Article

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