Dual-mode ultrasound phased arrays for imaging and therapy

2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 25-28

  Yao, Hui ^a   Ebbini, Emad S ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL-MODE ULTRASOUND ARRAYS (DMUA); HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (HIFU); SYNTHETIC APERTURE (SA) IMAGING; THERAPEUTIC OPERATING FIELDS (THXOF);

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SURGERY; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 17144393748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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