Improvement of spatial resolution for third harmonic detection using a separately arranged transmitting/receiving ultrasonic transducer

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 305-310

  Adachi, Hedio ^a   Wakabayashi, Katsuhiro ^a   Nishio, Masahiro ^a   Mizuno, Hitoshi ^a   Kamakura, Tomoo ^b  

^a OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auto correlation; Ball target; SATRUT; Spatial resolution; Sponge phantom; Third harmonic

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; HARMONIC GENERATION; IMAGE QUALITY;

AUTO CORRELATION METHOD; PULSE ECHO SPECTRA; THIRD HARMONIC DETECTION;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0037667795     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.42.305     Document Type: Article

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