Correction of phase aberrations for sectored annular array ultrasound transducers

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 763-776

  Gambetti, Claudio ^a   Foster, F Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

2 dimensional array transducer; Phase aberration; Phase correction; Speed of sound fluctuations; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC DISTORTION; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION THEORY; IMAGE QUALITY; SPECKLE; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY;

CROSS CORRELATION TECHNIQUE; PHASE ABERRATIONS; PHASE CORRECTION; PHASE DISTORTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SECTORED ANNULAR ARRAY TRANSDUCER; SPECKLE BRIGHTNESS MAXIMIZATION TECHNIQUE; SPEED OF SOUND FLUCTUATIONS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0027765522     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(93)90093-4     Document Type: Article

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