Fast microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography based on multi-element phase-controlled focus technique

Chinese Physics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1215-1218

  Zeng, Lü Ming ^a   Xing, Da ^a   Gu, Huai Min ^a   Yang, Di Wu ^a   Yang, Si Hua ^a   Xiang, Liang Zhong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROWAVES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; THERMOACOUSTICS; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCERS;

INCIDENT-ENERGY DENSITY; LINEAR TRANSDUCER ARRAY; MICROWAVE GENERATORS; MICROWAVE-INDUCED; MULTIELEMENTS; PHASE CONTROLLED FOCUS; PULSEWIDTHS; PULSWIDTHS; THERMOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 33646421952     PISSN: 0256307X     EISSN: 17413540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/23/5/042     Document Type: Article

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