A correction scheme for refraction and time-of-flight artifacts in limited-angle spatial compound imaging with high-frequency ultrasound

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1378-1381

  Opretzka, J ^a   Vogt, M ^a   Ermert, H ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

High frequency ultrasound; Refraction correction; Spatial compound imaging; Speed of sound; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

B-MODE IMAGES; COMPOUND IMAGES; COMPOUND IMAGING; CORRECTION SCHEMES; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; IMAGE FRAMES; INSONATION; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; RAY-TRACING ALGORITHM; SPATIAL COMPOUND IMAGING; SPATIAL COMPOUNDING; SPEED OF SOUND; SPEED OF SOUNDS; TIME OF FLIGHT;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POSITION CONTROL; REFRACTION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 67649364432     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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