Short-lag spatial coherence of backscattered echoes: Imaging characteristics

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1377-1388

  Lediju, Muyinatu A ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^a,b   Byram, Brett C ^a   Dahl, Jeremy J ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BEAMFORMING; REAL TIME CONTROL; SPECKLE; ULTRASONICS;

BACKSCATTERED ECHOES; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DELAY AND SUM BEAMFORMING; DELAY-AND-SUM BEAMFORMER; IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; SPATIAL COHERENCE; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYSTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959574190     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1957     Document Type: Article

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