Synthetic transmit beam technique in an aberrating environment

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1340-1351

  Bjåstad, Tore ^a   Aase, Svein A ^a   Torp, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B-MODE IMAGES; BEAM PROFILES; COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES; FRAME RATE; HIGHER ORDER; IMAGE ARTIFACTS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; LATERAL SHIFTS; MEASURING METHOD; PARALLEL BEAMFORMING; PARALLEL BEAMS; PERFORMANCE ASPECTS; SHIFT VARIANCE; STANDARD DEVIATION; SYNTHETIC TRANSMIT BEAMS; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TRACKING ERRORS; TRACKING PERFORMANCE; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ABERRATIONS; BEAMFORMING; BREEDER REACTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SPECKLE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 68249133591     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1190     Document Type: Article

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