Development of a 64 channel ultrasonic high frequency linear array imaging system

Ultrasonics

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 953-959

  Hu, Changhong ^a   Zhang, Lequan ^a   Cannata, Jonathan M ^a   Yen, Jesse ^a   Kirk Shung, K ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beamformer; FPGA; High frequency ultrasound; Linear array

Indexed keywords

ANALOG FRONT-END; BEAM FORMERS; CHANNEL COUNT; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM; DIGITIZED DATA; DIGITIZERS; EASE OF USE; FIELD OF VIEWS; FIRST-IN-FIRST-OUT; FRAME RATE; FRAMES PER SECONDS; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH-SPEED; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; INTERPOLATION FILTERS; LATERAL RESOLUTION; LINEAR ARRAYS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MOUSE EMBRYOS; PHANTOM IMAGES; REAL-TIME IMAGES; SAMPLING CLOCKS; SAMPLING RATES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME-GAIN COMPENSATIONS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS;

BEAMFORMING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMALS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; USER INTERFACES;

ARRAY PROCESSING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCOMPUTER; MOUSE; RABBIT; SWINE; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EYE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICE; MICROCOMPUTERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RABBITS; SWINE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79960697599     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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