A closed loop ML algorithm for phase aberration correction in phased array imaging systems-part i: algorithm synthesis and experimental results

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-270

  Fortes, José Mauro P ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ALGORITHMS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; ERROR CORRECTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD THEORY; PHASE CORRECTION; PHASE JITTER;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031096874     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.585111     Document Type: Article

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