High frequency ultrasound imaging with optical arrays

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 216-235

  Hamilton, James D ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; LASER BEAMS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

OPTICAL DETECTION ARRAYS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031698486     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.646927     Document Type: Article

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