High-Speed Ultrasound Volumetric Imaging System-Part II: Parallel Processing and Image Display

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 109-115

  von Ramm, Olaf T ^a   Pavy, Henry G ^a   Smith, Stephen W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS, DIGITAL - PARALLEL PROCESSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ONLINE IMAGE DISPLAY; PULSE-ECHO PHASED ARRAYS; ULTRASOUND VOLUMETRIC IMAGING SYSTEM; VOLUMETRIC IMAGES;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 0026128878     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.68467     Document Type: Article

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