Comparison of conventional parallel beamforming with plane wave and diverging wave imaging for cardiac applications: A simulation study

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1654-1663

  Tong, Ling ^a   Gao, Hang ^a   Choi, Hon Fai ^a   D'Hooge, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROFILES; BEAMFORMING METHODS; CARDIAC APPLICATIONS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC PHASIS; EFFECTIVE GAIN; FAR FIELD; FRAME RATE; NEAR FIELDS; PARALLEL BEAMFORMING; PLANE WAVE; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPATIAL COMPOUNDING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WAVE IMAGING;

BEAMFORMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC WAVES;

HEART;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84865311326     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2371     Document Type: Article

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