A new algorithm for continuous time delay estimation using sampled data

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1834-1838

  Viola, Francesco ^a   Walker, William F ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELAY CIRCUITS; JITTER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE;

DELAYED SIGNALS; ELASTICITY ESTIMATION; TIME DELAY ESTIMATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 4143109375     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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