Annular-ring CMUT arrays for forward-looking IVUS: Transducer characterization and imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 474-482

  Degertekin, F Levent ^a,b   Guldiken, Rasim O ^a,b,d   Karaman, Mustafa ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ISIK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE MICROMACHINED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER (CMUT); IMAGING ARRAYS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND (IVUS);

ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33645065119     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1593387     Document Type: Article

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