Automated segmentation of heart wall using coherence among ultrasonic rf echoes

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 5 PART 2, 2008, Pages 4155-4164

  Kinugawa, Takaomi ^a   Hasegawa, Hideyuki ^a   Kanai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coherence function; Frequency analysis; Heart; Region identification; Ultrasonic RF echo

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

COHERENCE FUNCTION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART; REGION IDENTIFICATION; ULTRASONIC RF ECHO;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 54949113978     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.47.4155     Document Type: Article

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