Wiener beamforming and the coherence factor in ultrasound imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1329-1346

  Nilsen, Carl Inge ^a   Holm, Sverre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION CORRECTION; BEAM FORMERS; COHERENCE FACTORS; DELAY AND SUMS; POSTFILTERS; SIDE-LOBE SUPPRESSION; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

BEAMFORMING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYSTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953265743     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1553     Document Type: Article

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