A 100-MHz ultrasound imaging system for dermatologie and ophthalmologic diagnostics

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 545-552

  Passmann, Christian ^a   Ermert, Helmut ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TRANSMITTERS;

DERMATOLOGIC DIAGNOSTICS; INVERSE FILTERING; ISOTROPIC IMAGES; LATERAL RESOLUTION; OPHTHALMOLOGIC DIAGNOSTICS; PULSE COMPRESSION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0030196861     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.503714     Document Type: Article

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