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Artifactual echoes in B-mode images due to multiple scattering

Bly et al., 1985

Document ID
10348384719739856931
Author
Bly S
Foster F
Patterson M
Foster D
Hunt J
Publication year
Publication venue
Ultrasound in medicine & biology

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In B-mode images, echoes, which appear to arise from inherently anechoic regions due to scattering from neighbouring echogenic regions, can be considered artifactual. We have observed multiple scatter contributions to such artifactual echoes in images of plane …
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