A frequency domain model for generating b-mode images with array transducers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 690-699

  Li, Yadong ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC DISPERSION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN B-MODE IMAGING MODEL; RECTANGULAR ELEMENT ARRAY TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0032686684     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.764855     Document Type: Article

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