Producing diffuse ultrasound reflections from medical instruments using a quadratic residue diffuser

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 721-727

  Huang, Jinlan ^a   Dupont, Pierre E ^b   Undurti, Aditya ^b   Triedman, John K ^a   Cleveland, Robin O ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle of incidence; Diffuse reflection; Instrument visibility; Specular reflection; Ultrasound guided interventional procedures

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; REFLECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; DIFFUSE REFLECTION; INSTRUMENT VISIBILITY; SPECULAR REFLECTION; ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

METAL;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIFFUSION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRATIC RESIDUE DIFFUSER; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; METALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33646151842     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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