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Ultrasound speckle size and lesion signal to noise ratio: verification of theory.

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Smith, SW; Wagner, RF
Published in: Ultrasonic imaging
April 1984

We compare predictions from our published theory of speckle cell size with recently published experimental results and a three dimensional computer simulation for the case of Gaussian pulses from spherically focused transducers in random media. The agreement is very good. We also compare our published theoretical predictions of the signal-to-noise ratio for a circular lesion in a speckle background with published "contrast to speckle ratio" data for anechoic cylindrical lesions in tissue mimicking material. Again, agreement is very good. The verification of these theoretical predictions has important implications for the evaluation of B-scan image quality and the study of tissue characterization.

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Published In

Ultrasonic imaging

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EISSN

1096-0910

ISSN

0161-7346

Publication Date

April 1984

Volume

6

Issue

2

Start / End Page

174 / 180

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography
  • Transducers
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Methods
  • Humans
  • Cysts
  • Acoustics
  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
 

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Smith, S. W., & Wagner, R. F. (1984). Ultrasound speckle size and lesion signal to noise ratio: verification of theory. Ultrasonic Imaging, 6(2), 174–180. https://doi.org/10.1177/016173468400600206
Smith, S. W., and R. F. Wagner. “Ultrasound speckle size and lesion signal to noise ratio: verification of theory.Ultrasonic Imaging 6, no. 2 (April 1984): 174–80. https://doi.org/10.1177/016173468400600206.
Smith SW, Wagner RF. Ultrasound speckle size and lesion signal to noise ratio: verification of theory. Ultrasonic imaging. 1984 Apr;6(2):174–80.
Smith, S. W., and R. F. Wagner. “Ultrasound speckle size and lesion signal to noise ratio: verification of theory.Ultrasonic Imaging, vol. 6, no. 2, Apr. 1984, pp. 174–80. Epmc, doi:10.1177/016173468400600206.
Smith SW, Wagner RF. Ultrasound speckle size and lesion signal to noise ratio: verification of theory. Ultrasonic imaging. 1984 Apr;6(2):174–180.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ultrasonic imaging

DOI

EISSN

1096-0910

ISSN

0161-7346

Publication Date

April 1984

Volume

6

Issue

2

Start / End Page

174 / 180

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography
  • Transducers
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Methods
  • Humans
  • Cysts
  • Acoustics
  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering