Improving the quality of QUS imaging using full angular spatial compounding

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 32-35

  Lavarello, Roberto J ^a   Sanchez, Jose R ^a   Oelze, Michael L ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR COMPOUNDING; B-MODE IMAGING; BACKSCATTERED ECHOES; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; GLASS SPHERES; INNER CYLINDER; MULTIPLE VIEWS; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; RADIO-FREQUENCY DATUM; REGION OF INTEREST; SCATTERING MODEL; SPATIAL COMPOUNDING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STANDARD DEVIATION; TISSUE MICROSTRUCTURES; TOMOGRAPHIC;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

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EID: 67649353042     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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