High frequency ultrasound imaging using an active optical detector

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 719-727

  Hamilton, James D ^a   Brooks, Cameron J ^a   Vossler, Gerald L ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CIRCUIT RESONANCE; CROSSTALK; DEMODULATION; DETECTORS; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

ACTIVE OPTICAL DETECTORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL RESONANCES; NEODYMIUM DOPED GLASS WAVEGUIDE LASERS; OPTICAL DEMODULATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032074001     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.677616     Document Type: Article

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