Improved resolution for ultrasound Fourier imaging

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1735-1738

  Gueth, Pierre ^a   Blanchard, Rémy ^b   Liebgott, Hervé ^b   Basset, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Fourier beamforming; resolution; spectral beamforming; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; ELASTIC WAVES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AXIAL MODULATIONS; BEAMFORMING METHODS; FOURIER; FRAMES PER SECONDS; RESOLUTION INCREASE; SCATTERED SIGNALS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; ULTRASOUND SPECTRA;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 80054053374     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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