Phase aberration correction method for ultrasound imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 275-282

  Karaman, Mustafa ^a   Koymen, Hayrettin ^a   Atalar, Abdullah ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PHASE ABERRATION CORRECTION; RADIO FREQUENCY SAMPLES; STANDARD RESOLUTION PHANTOM; SUM OF ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0027624689     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.251275     Document Type: Article

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