Experimental evaluation of spectral-based quantitative ultrasound imaging using plane wave compounding

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1824-1834

  Salles, Sebastien ^a   Liebgott, Hervé ^a   Basset, Olivier ^a   Cachard, Christian ^a   Vray, Didier ^a   Lavarello, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; ELASTIC WAVES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; CONVENTIONAL BEAMFORMING; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SCATTERER CONCENTRATIONS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84910143304     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2014.006543     Document Type: Article

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