A computer-controlled ultrasound pulser-receiver system for transskull fluid detection using a shear wave transmission technique

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1772-1783

  Tang, Sai Chun ^a,b   Clement, Gregory T ^b   Hynynen, Kullervo ^b  

^a IEEE

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ECHO SUPPRESSION; NEUROLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

BIPOLAR PULSE TRAINS; SINUS CAVITY;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKULL; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; BODY FLUIDS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKULL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 34948886197     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.461     Document Type: Article

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