Fast Ultrasound Beam Prediction for Linear and Regular Two-Dimensional Arrays

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2001-2012

  Hlawitschka, Mario ^a,b   Ferrara, Katherine W ^b   Kruse, Dustin E ^b   McGough, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

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ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856443710     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.2044     Document Type: Article

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