Experimental study of high frame rate imaging with limited diffraction beams

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-97

  Lu, Jian Yu ^a  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOCUSING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

HIGH FRAME RATE IMAGING; LIMITED DIFFRACTION BEAMS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031647401     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.646914     Document Type: Article

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