A 20-40 MHz ultrasound transducer for intravascular harmonic imaging

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1966-1969

  Vos, H J ^a,b   Frijlink, M E ^a   Droog, E ^a,b,c   Goertz, D E ^a,d   Blacquiere G ^c   Gsolf, A ^b   De Jong, N ^a,d,e   Van Der Steen, A F W ^a,d,f  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^f Exp Echo   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL RESOLUTION; INTRAVASCULAR HARMONIC IMAGING; PULSE ECHO MEASUREMENTS; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING (THI);

HYDROPHONES; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 21644450115     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2004.1418218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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