Two-dimensional phase aberration correction using an ultrasonic 1.75D array: Case study on breast microcalcifications

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 348-353

  Fernandez, Anna T ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCALCIFICATION; PHASE ABERRATIONS; PHASE SCREENS; ULTRASONIC ARRAYS;

ALGORITHMS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MICROANALYSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ABERRATIONS;

EID: 4143128982     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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