Displacement estimation in ultrasound images using pseudo-phase

This paper describes a method for estimating small displacements in ultrasound images. The method is based on the addition of a “pseudo-phase” to the intensity ultrasound images and subsequent calculation of the cross-correlation. The peak of the cross-correlation function is interpolated to add precision to the estimates.

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