A new beamforming technique aimed at improving the ultrasound harmonic imaging

2004 IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques, IST

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 71-75

  Trucco, Andrea ^a   Bertora, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Esaote   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Harmonic Imaging; Ultrasound Imaging; Wide Band Signal Processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HIGH PASS FILTERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OSCILLATIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE;

ARRAY ELEMENT INDEX; BEAMFORMING; HARMONIC IMAGING; WIDE-BAND SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 15844419770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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