Parallel beamforming using synthetic transmit beams

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-279

  Hergum, Torbjørn ^a,b,c   Bjåstad, Tore ^a,b   Kristoffersen, Kjell ^d   Torp, Hans ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Ge Vingmed Ultrasound AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM TO BEAM VARIATIONS; PARALLEL BEAMFORMING; SYNTHETIC TRANSMIT BEAMS (STB); ULTRASOUND SIMULATION SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BEAMFORMING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33847773618     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.241     Document Type: Article

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