System Analysis of Ultrasound Reflection Mode Computerized Tomography

IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 240-250

  Ermert, Helmut ^a   Hiller, Dietmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC WAVES - REFLECTION;

B-SCAN IMAGES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 0021468196     PISSN: 00189537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-SU.1984.31504     Document Type: Article

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