3-D ultrasound imaging using forward viewing CMUT ring arrays for intravascular and intracardiac applications

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 783-786

  Yeh, David T ^a   Oralkan, Ömer ^a   Wygant, Ira O ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew ^b   Khuri Yakub, Butrus T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRACARDIAC APPLICATIONS; INTRACARDIAC ULTRASOUND; SYNTHETIC PHASED ARRAY VOLUMETRIC ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33847115276     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2005.1602968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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