Speckle analysis using signal to noise ratios based on fractional order moments

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 251-268

  Dutt, Vinayak ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo ultrasound imaging; fractional moments; K distribution model; SNR statistics; speckle statistics; tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONS; SAMPLING; SPECKLE; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FRACTIONAL MOMENTS; K DISTRIBUTION; SPECKLE STATISTICS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84965770587     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469501700401     Document Type: Article

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