Hybrid volume beamforming for 3-D ultrasound imaging using 2-D CMUT arrays

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2246-2249

  Kim, Bae Hyung ^a   Song, Tai Kyong ^b   Yoo, Yangmo ^b   Chang, Jin Ho ^b   Lee, Seunghun ^a   Kim, Youngil ^a   Cho, Kyungil ^a   Song, Jongkeun ^a  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2 D CMUT arrays; Real time 3 D ultrasound imaging; scanning; Volume beamforming

Indexed keywords

2-D CMUT ARRAYS; 3-D ULTRASOUND; FRONT END ELECTRONICS; FULLY-SAMPLED ARRAY; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS; MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

BEAMFORMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SCANNING; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 84882326255     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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