Speckle reduction using stepped-frequency continuous wave ultrasound

2012 IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium, SPMB 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Podilchuk, C ^a   Bajor, M ^a   Stoddart, W ^a   Barinov, L ^a   Hulbert, W ^a   Jairaj, A ^a   Mammone, R ^a  

^a Clearview Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer detection; ground penetrating radar; speckle reduction; stepped frequency continous wave; ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; CONTINOUS WAVES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; SPECKLE REDUCTION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECKLE; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84875532878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPMB.2012.6469470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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