Time-domain optimized near-field estimator for ultrasound imaging: Initial development and results

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-110

  Viola, Francesco ^a,b   Ellis, Michael A ^b   Walker, William F ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Image reconstruction; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BEAMFORMING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SONAR;

ARRAY SPARSITY; SUM BEAMFORMING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 37549020254     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2007.903579     Document Type: Article

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