Successive optimization for fast phase aberration correction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5035, Issue , 2003, Pages 327-336

  Farouk, Zyad ^a   Youssef, Abou Bakr M ^a   Kadah, Yasser M ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Emory University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier transform; Phase aberration; Simulated annealing; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

PHASE ABERRATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0041857904     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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