FPGA-based embedded signal processing for 3-D ultrasound computer tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1647-1651

  Birk, Matthias ^a   Koehler, Sven ^a   Balzer, Matthias ^a   Huebner, Michael ^a   Ruiter, Nicole V ^a   Becker, Juergen ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomedical acoustics; biomedical signal processing; field programmable gate arrays; ultrasonic tomography

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; BIOMEDICAL ACOUSTICS; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DAQ SYSTEM; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; DATA SETS; DEVICE RESOURCES; EARLY BREAST CANCER; EMBEDDED SIGNAL PROCESSING; GERMANY; MEASUREMENT DATA; PROCESSING TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASONIC TOMOGRAPHY;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOGIC GATES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 84860400204     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2159017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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