Source prebiasing for improved second harmonic bubble-response imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 556-563

  Christopher, Ted ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; FREQUENCIES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC DISTORTION; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

FINITE AMPLITUDE DISTORTION; PREBIASING; SECOND HARMONIC BANDWIDTH; SECOND HARMONIC BUBBLE RESPONSE IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032624656     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.764842     Document Type: Article

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