Title :
Tissue characterization by the method of the envelope correlation spectrum
Author :
Gallet, Jmc ; Jones, JP
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiol. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
A signal processing algorithm based on the frequency analysis of ultrasonic echoes is tested on a variety of computer generated objects. These objects represent a range of structures ranging from regular arrays of scatterers to more complex distributions. It is apparent from simulations that this proposed algorithm converges rapidly is independent of processing parameters, and can quantize the scatterer distribution. The method is named the envelope correlation spectrum of ECS
Keywords :
acoustic signal processing; biomedical ultrasonics; correlation methods; fast Fourier transforms; medical signal processing; spectral analysis; ultrasonic scattering; FFT; algorithm convergence; computer generated objects; envelope correlation spectrum; frequency analysis; nonGaussian US pulse; power spectrum; regular arrays of scatterers; scatterer distribution; signal processing algorithm; simulations; tissue characterization; ultrasonic echoes; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic scattering; Algorithm design and analysis; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Frequency; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Signal processing algorithms; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium, 1992. Proceedings., IEEE 1992
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0562-0
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.1992.276006
