A full-wave helmholtz model for continuous-wave ultrasound transmission

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 397-409

  Huttunen, Tomi ^a   Malinen, Matti ^a   Kaipio, Jari P ^a   White, Phillip Jason ^b   Hynynen, Kullervo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-WAVE ULTRASOUND TRANSMISSION; FULL-WAVE HELMHOLTZ MODELS; HELMHOLTZ EQUATIONS; PARTIAL-WAVE APPROXIMATIONS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 17044420056     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1417262     Document Type: Article

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