Multi-transmit beam forming for fast cardiac imaging-a simulation study

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1719-1731

  Tong, Ling ^a   Gao, Hang ^a   D'Hooge, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL BEAM FORMING; CROSS-TALK LEVELS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; RECEIVE BEAMFORMING; SIMULATION STUDIES; TRANSDUCER CONFIGURATION; WINDOWING FUNCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSTALK; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

TRANSDUCERS;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84881499910     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2753     Document Type: Article

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