High-Frequency Ultrasound Annular Array Imaging. Part II: Digital Beamformer Design and Imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 309-316

  Hu, Chang Hong ^a   Snook, Kevin A ^b   Cao, Pei Jie ^c   Shung, K Kirk ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CORNEA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645297431     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1593369     Document Type: Article

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