Comparison between different encoding schemes for synthetic aperture imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4687, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-12

  Nikolov, Svetoslav I ^a   Jensen, Jørgen A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coding; Focusing; Imaging; Spatial coding; Synthetic aperture; Temporal coding; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CODING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SYNTHETIC TRANSMIT APERTURE ULTRASOUND (STAU) IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0036030695     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.462151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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