TABLE I.

Simulation Experiment Parameter Summary. Baseline parameters are in bold font. AD, SPW, PWSF, and IIR stand for adaptive demodulation, single plane wave, plane wave synthetic focusing, and infinite impulse response, respectively.

Parameter	Values/Methods
AD Kernel Size (wavelengths)	1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, 15
AD Lag (ms)	1, 3, 5, 7
Blood-to-Noise Ratio (dB)	−30, −20, −10, 0, 10, 20
Tissue-to-Blood Ratio (dB)	10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60
Peak Blood Velocity (mm/s)	0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10
Imaging Frequency (MHz)	2, 4, 6, 7.8125, 10
Beamforming Method	SPW, PWSF, CFPD
Tissue Filtering Method	IIR, SVD