Rotary encoding for intravascular ultrasonic imaging systems

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1482-1493

  Verdonk, Edward ^a  

^a Agilont Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECORRELATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; ROTARY ENCODING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE CODING; ULTRASONIC DISTORTION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0034318616     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.883538     Document Type: Article

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