Computer model for harmonic ultrasound imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1000-1013

  Li, Yadong ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION;

LINEAR PROPAGATION THEORY; SPHERICAL LESION PHANTOMS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0034224415     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.852084     Document Type: Article

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