Multi-resolution transverse oscillation in ultrasound imaging for motion estimation

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1333-1342

  Varray, Francois ^a   Liebgott, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS; MOTION ESTIMATOR; RESOLUTION LEVEL; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRANSVERSE OSCILLATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

COMPUTER VISION; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

EID: 84880543726     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2707     Document Type: Article

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