2D and 3D High Frame Rate Imaging with Limited Diffraction Beams

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 839-856

  Lu, Jian Yu ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC DIFFRACTION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

LIMITED DIFFRACTION BEAMS; PULSE ECHO IMAGING METHOD;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031187849     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.655200     Document Type: Article

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