Concepts

This section provides conceptual information about ultrasound metrics and the design principles of the ultrasound-metrics library.

• Understanding Ultrasound Metrics
  • Why Use Metrics in Ultrasound?
  • Why Ultrasound-Specific Metrics?
  • Metric Categories
  • Why a Dedicated Library?
  • Implementation Approach
• Multi-Backend Support
  • Why Multi-Backend Support?
  • Supported Backends
  • Quick Start
  • Key Features
  • Performance Tips
  • Common Issues
• Array API Design Principles
  • The Array API Standard
  • Design Patterns in ultrasound-metrics
  • Resources

Overview

Understanding ultrasound image and signal quality requires familiarity with several key concepts:

• Ultrasound Metrics: The mathematical measures used to quantify different aspects of image and signal quality

• Multi-Backend Support: How the library seamlessly works with different array computation libraries

• Array API Design: The technical approach that enables backend flexibility and performance

Each section provides both the theoretical background and practical implementation details relevant to using this library effectively.