Adaptive 3D beamforming for ultrasound systems deploying linear and planar phased array probes

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1855-1858

  Dhanantwari, A ^a   Stergiopoulos, S ^a   Parodi, C ^b   Bertora, F ^c   Pellegretti, P ^c   Questa, A ^c  

^a CANAMET Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Esaote   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; PHASED ARRAY PROBES; ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 4143122503     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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