Efficient Synthetic Aperture Imaging from a Circular Aperture with Possible Application to Catheter-Based Imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 366-380

  O'Donnell, Matthew ^a   Thomas, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; BIOSENSORS--CATHETER TIP SENSORS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; IMAGE PROCESSING--RECONSTRUCTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

CATHETER-BASED IMAGING; CIRCULAR APERTURE; PHASED-ARRAY IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RECONSTRUCTION;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0026868890     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.143171     Document Type: Article

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