In Vitro and In Vivo Real-Time Imaging with Ultrasonic Limited Diffraction Beams

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 819-829

  Lu, Jian Yu ^a   Song, Tai K ^a   Kinnick, Randall R ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

LIMITED DIFFRACTION BEAMS; REAL TIME IMAGING; SCALAR WAVE EQUATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0027804471     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.251134     Document Type: Article

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