Efficient, high-performance ultrasound beamforming using oversampling

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3341, Issue , 1998, Pages 220-227

  Freeman, Steven R ^a   Quick, Marshall K ^a   Morin, Marc A ^a   Anderson, R Carver ^a   Desilets, Charles S ^a   Linnenbrink, Thomas E ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Delta sigma modulator; Hand held; Oversampling; Quantization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ULTRASOUND BEAMFORMING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032402252     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.308004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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