A digital annular array prototype scanner for realtime ultrasound imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1989, Pages 661-672

  Foster, F S ^a   Larson, J D ^a   Pittaro, R J ^a   Corl, P D ^a   Greenstein, A P ^a   Lum, P K ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular array; Digital beamformer; High resolution; Quadrature sampling; Transducer; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING--DIAGNOSIS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ANNULAR ARRAY; DIGITAL BEAMFORMER; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0024452775     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(89)90174-9     Document Type: Article

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