Estimation of Average Speed of Sound Using Deconvolution of Medical Ultrasound Data

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 623-636

  Shin, Ho Chul ^a   Prager, Richard ^a   Gomersall, Henry ^a   Kingsbury, Nick ^a   Treece, Graham ^a   Gee, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical ultrasound; Non blind deconvolution; Point spread function; Sound estimation; Speed of sound

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SPEED; BLIND DECONVOLUTION; CHARACTERISATION; CLINICAL VALUE; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; DIFFERENT SPEED; ESTIMATION ERRORS; ESTIMATION METHODS; IMAGE CORRECTION; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; RADIO-FREQUENCY DATUM; REFLECTION DATA; SEARCH STRATEGIES; SOFT TISSUE; SPEED ESTIMATION; SPEED OF SOUNDS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRANSDUCER ARRAY; ULTRASOUND DATA; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND MACHINES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CONVOLUTION; ESTIMATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

SPEED;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950315604     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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