Two decades of transesophageal phased array probes

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Djoa, K K ^c   De Jong, N ^a   Cromme Dijkhuis, A H ^b   Lancee C T ^d   Bom, N ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Echocardiology; Transducers; Transesophageal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOCUSING; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROBES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

TRANSESOPHAGEAL PHASED ARRAY PROBES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0030043155     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(95)02009-8     Document Type: Review

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