High frequency harmonic imaging in presence of intravascular stents

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 208-211

  Frijlink, M E ^a,b   Goertz, D E ^a,b   Foster, F S ^c   Van Der Steen, A F W ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Interuniv Cardiol I Netherlands ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; HYDROPHONES; IMAGE QUALITY; POWER AMPLIFIERS; REVERBERATION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC BEAM; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND (IVUS); PROTECTION CIRCUITERY; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING (THI);

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 4143112576     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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