The use of the fractional Fourier transform with coded excitation in ultrasound imaging

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 754-756

  Bennett, Michael J ^a   McLaughlin, Steve ^a   Anderson, Tom ^a   McDicken, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coded excitation; Fourier transform; Fractional Fourier transform; Linear chirps; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SONAR;

CODED EXCITATION; FRACTIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORM; LINEAR CHIRPS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOLOCATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY MODULATOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELECOMMUNICATION; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645321864     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.870211     Document Type: Article

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