Diffraction-limited beams and their applications for ultrasonic imaging and tissue characterization

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1733, Issue , 1992, Pages 92-119

  Lu, Jian Yu ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

BESSEL BEAM; DEPTH OF FIELD; DIFFRACTION-LIMITED BEAMS; MEDICAL ULTRASONIC IMAGING; N-DIMENSIONAL SPACE; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; PLANE WAVE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33747962189     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.130590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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