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creators_name: Oliveri, Giacomo
creators_name: Massa, Andrea
title: ADS-based Array Design for 2D and 3D Ultrasound Imaging
ispublished: pub
subjects: TU
full_text_status: public
keywords: Array Antennas, Interleaved Arrays, Almost Difference Sets, Sidelobe Control,Pulse-Echo Pattern, Two-Way Radiation Pattern.
abstract: This paper describes a class of non-overlapping layouts based on almost difference sets (ADSs) for ultrasound applications. Thanks to the mathematical properties of ADSs, such arrays provide good radiation properties with far-field peak sidelobe levels belonging to an a priori predictable set of analytically-derived bounds. An extensive numerical analysis, including near-field simulations, is provided to assess the reliability and the features of the proposed design methodology for both linear and planar arrays. (c) 2010 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works.
date: 2010-01
date_type: published
institution: University of Trento
department: informaticat
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citation:   Oliveri, Giacomo and Massa, Andrea  (2010) ADS-based Array Design for 2D and 3D Ultrasound Imaging.  [Technical Report]     
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