Estimation and compensation of ultrasonic wavefront distortion using a blind system identification method

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 739-755

  Lin, Feng ^a,b,c   Waag, Robert C ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC WAVEFRONT DISTORTIONS;

ABERRATIONS; ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; BACKPROPAGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR COMPENSATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONTS;

ULTRASONIC DISTORTION;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036591388     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2002.1009332     Document Type: Article

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