A new regularization technique for limited-view sound-speed imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 603-613

  Huthwaite, Peter ^a   Zwiebel, Alicia ^b   Simonetti, Francesco ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDS; ITERATIVE TECHNIQUE; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; NUMERICAL PHANTOMS; REGULARIZATION TECHNIQUE; SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS; SELECTIVE DETECTION;

DAMAGE DETECTION; DIAGNOSIS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPEED; VIRTUAL ADDRESSES;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84874973332     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2602     Document Type: Article

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