Sidelobe Reduction for Limited Diffraction Pulse-Echo Systems

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 735-746

  Lu, Jian yu ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

BASAL BEAMS; PULSE-ECHO SYSTEMS; SIDELOBE REDUCTION; X WAVES;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 0027695012     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.248218     Document Type: Article

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