Modified X Waves with Improved Field Properties

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 36-47

  Song, Tai K ^a   lu, J Y ^a   Greenleaf, J F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular array; depth of field; lateral resolution; nondiffracting beams; transmit focus; ultrasonic B mode imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; TRANSDUCER; WAVEFORM;

HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0027303193     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469301500104     Document Type: Article

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