On the signal-to-noise ratio of a synthetic aperture ultrasound imaging method

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-281

  Ylitalo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Numerical reconstruction; Signal to noise ratio; Synthetic aperture; Synthetic focusing; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FOCUSING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PERFORMANCE; PROBES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST RESOLUTION; MULTIELEMENT SUBARRAY; NUMERICAL RECONSTRUCTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD; SYNTHETIC FOCUSING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030197653     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-8266(95)00160-S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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