A novel power spectrum calculation method using phase-compensation and weighted averaging for the estimation of ultrasound attenuation

Ultrasonics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 592-599

  Heo, Seo Weon ^a   Kim, Hyungsuk ^b  

^a Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

^b Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Block power spectrum; Phase compensation; Short time Fourier analysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BACK-SCATTERED; BACKSCATTERED ULTRASOUND; BLOCK POWER SPECTRUM; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; ESTIMATION ERRORS; ESTIMATION PERFORMANCE; ESTIMATION RESULTS; ESTIMATION VARIANCE; GATED WINDOWS; NORMALIZED CROSS-CORRELATION; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL PHANTOMS; PHASE COMPENSATION; PHASE VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; SCATTERER SIZE; SIGNAL SAMPLES; SIMULATION RESULT; SOFT TISSUE; SPECTRAL INFORMATION; SPEED OF SOUNDS; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION; ULTRASOUND PARAMETERS; WEIGHTED AVERAGING;

ESTIMATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POWER SPECTRUM; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77949489865     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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