Use of modulated excitation signals in medical ultrasound. Part II: Design and performance for medical imaging applications

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-206

  Misaridis, Thanassis ^a   Jensen, Jørgen Arendt ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCIES; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY MODULATED (FM) SIGNALS; IMAGE CONTRAST; TIME BANDWIDTH (TB); ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 15844407147     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1406546     Document Type: Article

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