Comparison of Kalman-filter-based approaches for block matching in arterial wall motion analysis from B-mode ultrasound

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Gastounioti, A ^a   Golemati, S ^b   Stoitsis, J ^a   Nikita, K S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

arterial wall; block matching; Kalman filter; motion analysis; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; KALMAN FILTERS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MOTION COMPENSATION; ULTRASONICS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADAPTIVE STRATEGY; ARTERIAL WALL; B-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGES; BLOCK MATCHING; CENTER FREQUENCY; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DISPLACEMENT ERRORS; MEAN SQUARED ERROR;

MOTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054747820     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/22/11/114008     Document Type: Article

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