A high-frame rate high-frequency ultrasonic system for cardiac imaging in mice

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1648-1654

  Sun, Lei ^b   Richard, William D ^a,c   Cannata, Jonathan M ^a,b   Feng, Ching C ^d   Johnson, Jeffrey A ^d   Yen, Jesse T ^b   Shung, K Kirk ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b University of Southern California

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d Capistrano Labs Incorporated

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; JITTER; TRANSDUCERS;

ANGULAR POSITION; CARDIAC IMAGING; SERVO CONTROLLER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 34548061743     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.436     Document Type: Article

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