Field computation for two-dimensional array transducers with limited diffraction array beams

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-255

  Lu, Jian Yu ^a   Cheng, Jiqi ^a  

^a Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier Bessel method; Limited diffraction array beams; Rayleigh Sommerfeld diffraction formula; Two dimensional array transducers; Ultrasound beams; Ultrasound field computations

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; DIFFRACTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS;

FOURIER-BESSEL METHODS; LIMITED DIFFRACTION ARRAY BEAMS; RAYLEIGH; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; ULTRASOUND BEAMS; ULTRASOUND FIELDS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 33744828712     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460502700403     Document Type: Article

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