The acoustic lens design and in vivo use of a multifunctional catheter combining intracardiac ultrasound imaging and electrophysiology sensing

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 602-618

  Stephens, Douglas N ^a   Cannata, Jonathan ^b   Liu, Ruibin ^b   Zhao, Jian Zhong ^b   Shung, K Kirk ^b   Nguyen, Hien ^c   Chia, Raymond ^c   Dentinger, Aaron ^d   Wildes, Douglas ^d   Thomenius, Kai E ^d   Mahajan, Aman ^e   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^e   Kim, Kang ^f   O'Donnell, Matthew ^g   Sahn, David ^h  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Irvine Biomedical Corporation Inc   (United States)

^d GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g University of Washington   (United States)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LENS; ANIMAL MODELS; BEAM PERFORMANCE; BEAM SHAPES; COLOR FLOW IMAGING; CROSS SECTIONS; HIGH FRAME RATE IMAGING; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; IN-VIVO; INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES; INTRACARDIAC IMAGING; LENS MATERIALS; MAPPING SENSORS; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; PHASED ARRAYS; POSITIONAL INFORMATIONS; RING ELECTRODES; SECTOR SCANNING; SIDE-LOOKING; STRAIN RATE IMAGING; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; VELOCITY OF SOUNDS; WIDE-BANDWIDTH PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CATHETERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LENSES; NEUROLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; STRAIN RATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; LENSES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 44849111324     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.685     Document Type: Article

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