A log-domain μbeamformer for medical ultrasound imaging systems

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2563-2575

  Halvorsrød, Thomas ^a   Luzi, Werner ^b   Lande, Tor Sverre ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Nordic Semiconductor ASA   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Companding; Log domain; Low power; Medical ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

LOG DOMAIN FILTER; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING; MICROBEAMFORMER;

LOW PASS FILTERS;

EID: 29344435308     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.857544     Document Type: Article

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