High-frequency high frame rate ultrasound imaging system for small animal imaging with linear arrays

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1431-1434

  Xu, Xiao Chen ^a   Hu, Chang Hong ^a   Sun, Lei ^a   Yen, Jesse ^a   Shung, K Kirk ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

High frame rate; High frequency ultrasound; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

HIGH FRAME RATE; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOMS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 33847138156     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2005.1603125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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