Coded excitation for diagnostic ultrasound: A system developer's perspective

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-170

  Chiao, Richard Y ^a   Hao, Xiaohui ^a  

^a GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHASE; CODED EXCITATION; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; FLOW IMAGING;

ATTENUATION; DECODING; FREQUENCIES; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONICS;

IMAGE CODING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 15844367336     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1406543     Document Type: Review

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