Optimizing the beam pattern of a forward-viewing ring-annular ultrasound array for intravascular imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1652-1664

  Wang, Yao ^a   Stephens, Douglas N ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Jomed Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETER TIP SENSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSCEIVERS;

INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

BLOOD VESSELS; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036883372     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2002.1159845     Document Type: Article

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