Experimental validation of plane wave imaging using k-space beamforming for spectral characterization of isotropic media

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 2414-2417

  Garcia Duitama, Julian ^a,b   Aiguo, Han ^b   Chayer, Boris ^a   Garcia, Damien ^a,c   Oelze, Michael L ^b   Cloutier, Guy ^a,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

backscatter coefficient; plane wave imaging; Quantitative ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BEAMFORMING; ELASTIC WAVES; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOMS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; PLANE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; SINGLE ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION; STOCHASTIC CHARACTERISTIC; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM;

TISSUE;

EID: 84910051431     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2014.0602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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