Harmonic ultrasonic field of medical phased arrays: Simulations and measurements

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 730-735

  Bouakaz, Ayache ^a,b   Lancée, Charles T ^a   De Jong, Nico ^a,b  

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

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

ULTRASONIC FIELDS;

ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038720480     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1209563     Document Type: Review

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