Harmonic beamforming: A new approach to removing the linear contribution from harmonic imaging

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 457-460

  Trucco, Andrea ^a   Bertora, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Esaote   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); HIGH PASS FILTERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS;

BEAMFORMING METHOD; ECHOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENTS; HARMONIC BEAMFORMING; HARMONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 4143065975     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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