ULA-OP: A novel ultrasound advanced open platform for experimental research

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 632-635

  Bassi, L ^a   Boni, E ^a   Dallai, A ^a   Guidi, F ^a   Ricci, S ^a   Tortoli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital beamforming; Open ultrasound system; Research platform

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; ULTRASONICS;

DIGITAL BEAMFORMING; DOPPLER; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; EXTERNAL-; GENERAL-PURPOSE INSTRUMENTS; OPEN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; REAL-TIME DATA PROCESSING; RESEARCH PLATFORM; SYSTEM DESIGNS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 48149094362     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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