A novel envelope detector for high-frame rate, high-frequency ultrasound imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1792-1801

  Chang, Jin Ho ^a,b   Yen, Jesse T ^a,b   Shung, K Kirk ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Department of Biomedical Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

LOOKUP TABLE (LUT) METHOD; QUADRATURE DEMODULATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

DETECTORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34948910186     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.463     Document Type: Article

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