Parallel beamforming using synthetic transmit beams

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1401-1404

  Hergum, Torbjørn ^a   Bjåstad, Tore ^a   Torp, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

IMAGE ACQUISITION; PARALLEL BEAMFORMING; SYNTHETIC TRANSMIT BEAMS (STB); ULTRASOUND SIMULATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 21644457841     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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