Lesion detectability in diagnostic ultrasound with short-lag spatial coherence imaging

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-133

  Dahl, Jeremy J ^a   Hyun, Dongwoon ^a   Lediju, Muyinatu ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic noise; Clutter reduction; Spatial coherence; Spatial covariance; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); RADAR CLUTTER; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BACKSCATTERED ULTRASOUND; CLUTTER REDUCTION; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; NOVEL IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL COHERENCE; SPATIAL COVARIANCE; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTERIOLES; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959609120     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173461103300203     Document Type: Article

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