Quantitative assessment of the magnitude, impact and spatial extent of ultrasonic clutter

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 151-168

  Lediju, Muyinatu A ^a,b   Pihl, Michael J ^a   Dahl, Jeremy J ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Clutter magnitude; Contrast loss; Harmonic imaging; Lesion detectability; Ultrasonic clutter

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS;

ABDOMINAL IMAGING; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CONTRAST LOSS; HARMONIC IMAGING; LESION DETECTABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SIGNAL-TO-CLUTTER RATIOS; SIGNALS OF INTERESTS;

RADAR CLUTTER;

EID: 58149216433     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460803000302     Document Type: Article

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