A system for ultrasonic beacon-guidance of catheters and other minimally-invasive medical devices

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-35

  Vilkomerson, David ^a   Lyons, David ^a  

^a EchoCath Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CATHETERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION;

BEACON GUIDANCE METHOD; MINIMALLY INVASIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ULTRASONIC DETECTORS; X RAY IMAGING;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 0030779353     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.585187     Document Type: Article

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