Chirplet Signal and Empirical Mode Decompositions of Ultrasonic Signals for Echo Detection and Estimation  

作　　者：Yufeng Lu Erdal Oruklu Jafar Saniie 

机构地区：[1]Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bradley University, Peoria, USA [2]Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA

出　　处：《Journal of Signal and Information Processing》2013年第2期149-157,共9页信号与信息处理（英文）

摘　　要：In this study, the performance of chirplet signal decomposition (CSD) and empirical mode decomposition (EMD) coupled with Hilbert spectrum have been evaluated and compared for ultrasonic imaging applications. Numerical and experimental results indicate that both the EMD and CSD are able to decompose sparsely distributed chirplets from noise. In case of signals consisting of multiple interfering chirplets, the CSD algorithm, based on successive search for estimating optimal chirplet parameters, outperforms the EMD algorithm which estimates a series of intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). In particular, we have utilized the EMD as a signal conditioning method for Hilbert time-frequency representation in order to estimate the arrival time and center frequency of chirplets in order to quantify the ultrasonic signals. Experimental results clearly exhibit that the combined EMD and CSD is an effective processing tools to analyze ultrasonic signals for target detection and pattern recognition.In this study, the performance of chirplet signal decomposition (CSD) and empirical mode decomposition (EMD) coupled with Hilbert spectrum have been evaluated and compared for ultrasonic imaging applications. Numerical and experimental results indicate that both the EMD and CSD are able to decompose sparsely distributed chirplets from noise. In case of signals consisting of multiple interfering chirplets, the CSD algorithm, based on successive search for estimating optimal chirplet parameters, outperforms the EMD algorithm which estimates a series of intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). In particular, we have utilized the EMD as a signal conditioning method for Hilbert time-frequency representation in order to estimate the arrival time and center frequency of chirplets in order to quantify the ultrasonic signals. Experimental results clearly exhibit that the combined EMD and CSD is an effective processing tools to analyze ultrasonic signals for target detection and pattern recognition.

关 键 词：Ultrasound HILBERT TIME-FREQUENCY Representation Empirical Mode DECOMPOSITION CHIRPLET SIGNAL DECOMPOSITION Detection ESTIMATION 

分 类 号：TN91[电子电信—通信与信息系统]