ULA-OP: An advanced open platform for ultrasound research

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2207-2216

  Tortoli, Piero ^a   Bassi, Luca ^a   Boni, Enrico ^a   Dallai, Alessandro ^a   Guidi, Francesco ^a   Ricci, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACCESS; DOPPLER; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGH COSTS; LARGE SIZES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RESEARCH PLATFORMS; SYSTEM DESIGN;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CAROTID ARTERIES; DATA COMPRESSION; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 72749095566     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1303     Document Type: Article

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