Multilevel hybrid 2D strain imaging algorithm for ultrasound sector/phased arrays

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2098-2106

  Chen, Hao ^a   Varghese, Tomy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast to noise ratio; Cross correlation; Elasticity; Elasticity imaging; Elastography; Phased array; Resolution; Sector; Signal to noise ratio; Strain

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRAIN; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CROSS CORRELATIONS; ELASTICITY IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; SECTOR;

CORRELATION METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HYBRID; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 66449097077     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3121426     Document Type: Article

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