On the optimization of the transmitted beam in contrast-enhanced ultrasound medical imaging

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1239-1248

  Curletto, Simone ^a   Palmese, Maria ^a   Trucco, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Near field wideband beamforming optimization; Nonlinear response measurement; Transmission beam pressure; Ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs); Ultrasound medical imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PULSE; ECHOGRAPHIC SCANNER; INSONIFICATION BEAM; NONLINEAR RESPONSE MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION BEAM PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND PULSE;

BEAMFORMING; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 34547879971     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.900151     Document Type: Article

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