Phase aberration measurements in medical ultrasound: Human studies

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 1-11

  O'donnell, M ^a   Flax, S W ^b  

^a Corporate Research and Development Center ^*  (Sweden)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical ultrasound; phase aberration; phased array

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023916824     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173468801000101     Document Type: Article

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