Finite element simulation and modeling of 2-D arrays for 3-D ultrasonic imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1395-1405

  McKeighen, Ron ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Acoustic Imaging Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAL TIME DYNAMIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC ARRAYS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035437740     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.949749     Document Type: Article

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