DocumentCode
841777
Title
Optimum displacement for compound image generation in medical ultrasound
Author
O´Donnell, Matthew ; Silverstein, Seth D.
Author_Institution
General Electric Corp., Res. & Dev., Schenectady, NY, USA
Volume
35
Issue
4
fYear
1988
fDate
7/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
470
Lastpage
476
Abstract
Incoherent averaging of measurements made at different look directions can be used to reduce speckle noise in medical ultrasound images. An analytic expression for the correlation between two measurements made at different spatial positions is derived. Using this expression, the optimum aperture displacement for efficient incoherent averaging (i.e. compounding) is computed and found to equal approximately one-half the aperture length.<>
Keywords
acoustic imaging; biomedical ultrasonics; acoustic imaging; compound image generation; medical ultrasound; optimum aperture displacement; speckle noise; Apertures; Biomedical imaging; Image generation; Length measurement; Noise measurement; Noise reduction; Position measurement; Speckle; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0885-3010
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/58.4184
Filename
4184
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