Task-oriented comparison of power spectral density estimation methods for quantifying acoustic attenuation in diagnostic ultrasound using a reference phantom method

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 214-234

  Rosado Mendez, Ivan M ^a   Nam, Kibo ^a   Hall, Timothy J ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation; multitaper; power spectrum; reference phantom

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; PHANTOMS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; POWER SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL DENSITY; STATISTICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ATTENUATION; COMPARISON OF METHODS; MULTITAPER; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITIES (PSD); POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY ESTIMATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; SHORT TIME FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SPECTRAL ESTIMATION METHODS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MULTITAPER; POWER SPECTRUM; RADIATION; REFERENCE PHANTOM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND;

ATTENUATION; MULTITAPER; POWER SPECTRUM; REFERENCE PHANTOM;

ACOUSTICS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84880340713     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0161734613495524     Document Type: Article

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