Time-shift estimation and focusing through distributed aberration using multirow arrays

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1606-1624

  Lacefield, James C ^a,b   Waag, Robert C ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIROW ARRAYS; MULTIROW ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ARRAYS; TIME SHIFT ESTIMATION;

ABERRATIONS; ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION; FOCUSING; IMAGE PROCESSING;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; TRANSDUCER;

SCATTERING, RADIATION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035498423     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.971712     Document Type: Article

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