Efficient transmit beamforming in pulse-echo ultrasonic imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1450-1458

  Cincotti, Gabriella ^a   Cardone, Giovanni ^a   Gori, Paola ^a   Pappalardo, Massimo ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PULSE-ECHO ULTRASONIC IMAGING; TRANSMIT BEAMFORMING;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0033327487     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.808869     Document Type: Article

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