Three-dimensional imaging using a new synthetic aperture focusing technique

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 943-947

  Yamani, Ahmed ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY;

MULTIFREQUENCY AUTOMATIC FOCUSING TECHNIQUE (MFAFT); SYNTHETIC APERTURE FOCUSING TECHNIQUE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031191243     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.655210     Document Type: Article

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