Explososcan: A parallel processing technique for high speed ultrasound imaging with linear phased arrays

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 1273-1282

  Shattuck, David ^a   Weinshenker, Marc D ^a   Smith, Stephen W ^b,c   von Ramm, Olaf T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

ACOUSTICS; DIAPHRAGM; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0021419747     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.390734     Document Type: Article

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