Dual-frequency chirp imaging for contrast detection

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2767-2778

  Cheng, Chih Hao ^a   Shen, Che Chou ^b   Yeh, Chih Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; B-MODE IMAGES; BURST PULSE; CHIRP WAVEFORMS; CODED EXCITATION TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST IMAGING; CONTRAST-TO-TISSUE RATIO; DRIVING FORCES; DUAL FREQUENCY; EXCITATION METHODS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-FREQUENCY PULSE; IMAGE ARTEFACTS; INSONATION; LATERAL RESOLUTION; LOW FREQUENCY; MICROBUBBLES; PULSE DURATIONS; RANGE SIDELOBES; SIGNAL TO NOISE; TEMPORAL CONCENTRATIONS;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PULSE COMPRESSION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE;

DATA COMPRESSION;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79954622158     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/9/009     Document Type: Article

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