Ultrasonic Imaging Using Arrays

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1979, Pages 484-495

  Macovski, Albert ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT - ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0018464137     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/PROC.1979.11278     Document Type: Article

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