ADS-based array design for 2-D and 3-D ultrasound imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1568-1582

  Oliveri, Giacomo ^a   Massa, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; APRIORI; ARRAY DESIGN; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DIFFERENCE SETS; FAR-FIELD; MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES; NEAR-FIELD SIMULATION; PEAK SIDELOBE LEVEL; PLANAR ARRAYS; RADIATION PROPERTIES;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77954800005     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1587     Document Type: Article

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