Phase aberration correction using ultrasound radiation force and vibrometry optimization

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1142-1152

  Urban, Matthew W ^a,b   Berna, Miguel ^b   Greenleaf, James F ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; DOPPLER LASER VIBROMETER; PHASE ABERRATION CORRECTION; VIBROMETRY OPTIMIZATION;

ABERRATIONS; DOPPLER EFFECT; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSDUCERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 34347221210     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.368     Document Type: Article

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