Eigen-based clutter filter design for ultrasound color flow imaging: A review

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1096-1111

  Yu, Alfred C H ^a   Lovstakken, Lasse ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CLUTTER FILTERS; CLUTTER SUPPRESSION; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; CORONARY IMAGING; DOPPLER; EIGEN-BASED FILTERS; EIGEN-COMPONENT ESTIMATION; EIGEN-ESTIMATION; EIGEN-VALUE; FILTER DESIGNS; IN-VIVO; INTRA-OPERATIVE; ORDER SELECTION; POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION FILTER; STOPBAND; TISSUE MOTION; ULTRASOUND COLOR-FLOW IMAGING;

BLOOD; DESIGN; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FILTER BANKS; ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; CAROTID ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THYROID GLAND;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 77951918977     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1521     Document Type: Article

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