Statistical distributions of potential interest in ultrasound speckle analysis

Compound statistical modelling of the uncompressed envelope of the backscattered signal has received much interest recently. In this note, a comprehensive collection of models is derived for the uncompressed envelope of the backscattered signal by compounding the Nakagami distribution with 13 flexible families. The corresponding estimation procedures are derived by the method of moments and the method of maximum likelihood. The sensitivity of the models to their various parameters is examined. It is expected that this work could serve as a useful reference and lead to improved modelling of the uncompressed envelope of the backscattered signal.

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