Utilizing dual frequency band transmit pulse complexes in medical ultrasound imaging

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 579-587

  Hansen, Rune ^a,b   Msøy, Svein Erik ^b   Johansen, Tonni F ^b   Angelsen, Bjørn A ^b  

^a SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES; DUAL FREQUENCY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; HIGH FREQUENCY; IMAGING PULSE; LOW FREQUENCY; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING; RECEIVED SIGNALS; SECOND ORDERS; ULTRASOUND FIELDS;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ACOUSTIC WAVES; FREQUENCY BANDS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRESSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 75949088817     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3257584     Document Type: Article

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