Contrast improvement in sub- and ultraharmonic ultrasound contrast imaging by combining several hammerstein models

International Journal of Biomedical Imaging

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sbeity, Fatima ^a   Ménigot, Sébastien ^a,b   Charara, Jamal ^c   Girault, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST IMPROVEMENTS; ECHOGRAPHIC IMAGES; HARMONIC COMPONENTS; NONLINEAR TECHNIQUES; SECOND-HARMONIC IMAGING; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST IMAGING;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HAMMERSTEIN MODEL; LINEAR SYSTEM; MODEL; NOISE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; SUB AND ULTRAHARMONIC ULTRASOUND CONTRAST IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84888866155     PISSN: 16874188     EISSN: 16874196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/270523     Document Type: Article

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