A new digital scan conversion architecture for ultrasonic imaging systems

Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 367-382

  Kassem, Abdallah ^a   Sawan, Mohamad ^a   Boukadoum, Mounir ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital scan converter; FPGA; Interpolation; Rapid prototyping; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SCANNING;

ANGULAR SEPARATION; COMPLEXITY ARCHITECTURE; DIGITAL SCAN CONVERTER; ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 22344451156     PISSN: 02181266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218126605002374     Document Type: Article

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