Transducer for harmonic intravascular ultrasound imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2418-2422

  Vos, H J ^a   Frijlink, M A ^a   Droog, E ^a   Goertz, D E ^a   Blacquiere, G ^a   Gisolf, A ^a   De Jong, N ^a   Van Der Steern, A F W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

20 dB; 36 dB; 6 dB; 20 MHz; 40 MHz; Harmonic intravascular ultrasound imaging; Krimholtz Leedom Matthaei model; Piezoelectric transducer; Tissue harmonic imaging; Two way insertion losses

Indexed keywords

INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND (IVUS) TRANSDUCERS; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING (THI); TWO-WAY INSERTION LOSSES;

BANDWIDTH; CHARACTERIZATION; FABRICATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTRONICS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROELECTRODES; MINIATURIZATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 32844459055     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1563286     Document Type: Article

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