Multi-element synthetic transmit aperture imaging using temporal encoding

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4687, Issue , 2002, Pages 25-36

  Gammelmark, Kim L ^a   Jensen, Jørgen A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Experimental ultrasound scanning system; Field II; Linear array imaging; Linear FM signals; Multi element defocusing; Synthetic transmit aperture imaging; Temporal sidelobe reduction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMAGE CODING; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TRANSDUCERS;

SYNTHETIC TRANSMIT APERTURE (STA) IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0036032882     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.462168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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