Eigenspace-Based Minimum Variance Combined With Delay Multiply and Sum Beamformer: Application to Linear-Array Photoacoustic Imaging
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1077-260X,1558-4542
DOI: 10.1109/jstqe.2018.2856584