Analytic estimation of subsample spatial shift using the phases of multidimensional analytic signals

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 440-447

  Basarab, Adrian ^a   Liebgott, Hervé ^a   Delachartre, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Motion estimation; Multidimensional analytic signal; Subsample shift estimation; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANALYTIC ESTIMATIONS; ANALYTIC SIGNALS; BLOCK-BASED MOTION ESTIMATION; CLASSICAL ESTIMATORS; CROSS-CORRELATION FUNCTION; IN-PHASE AND QUADRATURE-PHASE; SHIFT ESTIMATIONS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 59649119822     PISSN: 10577149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2008.2009412     Document Type: Article

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