Simulation and experimental analysis of ultrasonic clutter in fundamental and harmonic imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7265, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dahl, Jeremy J ^a   Pinton, Gianmarco F ^b   Lediju, Muyinatu ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM DISTORTION; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HARMONIC IMAGES; HARMONIC IMAGING; IN-VIVO; LITTLE RESEARCH; NEAR-FIELD; OFF-AXIS SOURCES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SIDE LOBES; TISSUE LAYERS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ABERRATIONS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; REVERBERATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 67149119432     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.813782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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