SURF imaging for contrast agent detection

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-290

  Hansen, Rune ^a,b   Angelsen, Bjosrn A J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; AGENTS; FREQUENCY BANDS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST AGENTS; CONTRAST IMAGING; DUAL FREQUENCIES; FORWARD WAVE PROPAGATION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; IMAGING CONTRASTS; IMAGING PULSE; IN-VITRO; LOW FREQUENCIES; NON-LINEAR EFFECTS; RECEIVED SIGNALS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SCATTERING PROPERTIES; SECOND ORDERS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS; ULTRASOUND FIELDS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 62349098653     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1037     Document Type: Article

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