Phase-Aberration Correction Using Signals From Point Reflectors and Diffuse Scatterers: Measurements

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 768-774

  O'Donnell, M ^a   Flax, S W ^b  

^a G E Corp Research and Development   (United States)

^b GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC WAVES--SCATTERING; ULTRASONICS--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CLINICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING; COHERENT IMAGING SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE ABERRATION CORRECTION; NEAR FIELD VELOCITY INHOMOGENEITIES; PHASE ABERRATION CORRECTION;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 0024112560     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.9334     Document Type: Article

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