Efficient parallel adaptive aberration correction

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 691-703

  Krishnan, Sriram ^a   Wayne Rigby, K ^b   O'Donnell, Matthew ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TISSUE;

PARALLEL ADAPTIVE RECEIVE COMPENSATION ALGORITHMS (PARCA);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032070836     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.677613     Document Type: Article

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