Fully sampled matrix transducer for real time 3D ultrasonic imaging

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 945-953

  Savord, Bernard ^a   Solomon, Rod ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCERS;

ARTIFACTS; COLOR FLOW IMAGING; PHASED ARRAYS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 4143053716     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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