Efficient two-dimensional blocked element compensation

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 164-175

  li, Pai Chi ^a   O'donnell, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic array; blocked element compensation; detectability; multiple receive beamforming; very large array

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; IMAGE QUALITY; ONE DIMENSIONAL; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ACOUSTIC WINDOWS; BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; HARDWARE COMPLEXITY; ONE DIMENSION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028148854     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469401600302     Document Type: Article

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