Direct sampled I/Q beamforming: A strategy for very low cost ultrasound

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1863-1866

  Ranganathan, Karthik ^a   Santy, Mary K ^a   Hossack, John A ^a   Blalock, Travis N ^b   Walker, William F ^a,b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM FORMATION; BEAMFORMER PARAMETERS; DIRECT SAMPLES I/Q (DSIQ); PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY (PRF);

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SAMPLING;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 4143102819     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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