Pulse compression of harmonic chirp signals using the fractional fourier transform

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 949-956

  Arif, M ^a   Cowell, D M J ^a   Freear, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coded excitation; Fractional Fourier transform; Harmonic imaging; Linear frequency modulated chirp; Pulse compression; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MATCHED FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PULSE COMPRESSION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; WATER TANKS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CHIRP-PULSE-COMPRESSION; CODED EXCITATION; FRACTIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HARMONIC IMAGING; LINEAR FREQUENCY MODULATED;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HARMONIC MATCHED FILTER; HARMONIC MISMATCHED FILTER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAINLOBE WIDTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SECOND HARMONIC CHIRP COMPONENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND;

DATA COMPRESSION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77953219236     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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