Two-dimensional random arrays for real time volumetric imaging

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 143-163

  Davidsen, Richard E ^a   Jensen, Jørgen A ^b   Smith, Stephen W ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Phased array; random array; sparse array; transducer; two dimensional; volumetric imaging

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ELEMENT GEOMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; PARALLEL PROCESSING; PHASE ABERRATION CORRECTION; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; VOLUMETRIC IMAGING;

ABERRATIONS;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; RANDOMIZATION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0028034319     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469401600301     Document Type: Article

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