A comparison of laser-ultrasound detection system sensitivity with a broad-band ultrasonic source for biomedical applications

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-327

  Hejazi, Marjaneh ^a,d   Abolhassani, Mohamad D ^a   Ahmadian, Alireza ^a   Frenz, M ^b   Jaeger, M ^b   Niederhauser, J J ^b   Amjadi, A ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Optical stress transducer; Photoacoustic; Polyvinylidene difluoride sheet; Sensitivity; Ultrasound laser detection system

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; NEEDLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCER;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33644529998     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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