Application of different spatial sampling patterns for sparse array transducer design

Ultrasonics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 667-671

  Nikolov, Svetoslav Ivanov ^a   Jensen, Jørgen Arendt ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

SPARSE ARRAY TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033624261     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(00)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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