Experimental characterization of fundamental and second harmonic beams for a high-frequency ultrasound transducer

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 635-646

  Cherin, Emmanuel W ^a,f   Poulsen, Jens Kristian ^a,b   Van Der Steen, A F W ^a,c,d   Lum, Paul ^e   Foster, F Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Clinical Institute   (Denmark)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

High frequency ultrasound; Nonlinearity; Tissue harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; WATER;

HARMONIC BEAMS;

ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; MICE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 0036085635     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00498-2     Document Type: Article

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