Unit-delay focusing architecture and integrated-circuit implementation for high-frequency ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1455-1463

  Talman, James R ^a   Garverick, Steven L ^b   Morton, Christine E ^c   Lockwood, Geoffrey R ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTRONIC BEAMFORMER; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND ANNULAR ARRAY; PLANAR ANNULAR ARRAY; UNIT DELAY FOCUSING;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MINIATURIZATION; RADIO WAVES; SEMICONDUCTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0442311087     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1251129     Document Type: Article

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