An improved four-focal zone high-frequency ultrasound analog beamformer

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 617-620

  Stitt, J P ^a   Tutwiler, R L ^a   Shung, K Kirk ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beamforming; High frequency ultrasound; Medical ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); FOCUSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; ONCOLOGY; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RESISTORS; SUMMING CIRCUITS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BEAMFORMING; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND ANALOG BEAMFORMER;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0036989331     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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