Subaperture processing for ultrasonic imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 126-135

  Karaman, Mustafa ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL FILTERS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCANNING; TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC SUBAPERTURE PROCESSING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031674722     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.646917     Document Type: Article

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