Simulation of ultrasound two-dimensional array transducers using a frequency domain model

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3162-3169

  Rao, Min ^a   Varghese, Tomy ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

2D array transducer; b mode image; Beam pattern; Simulation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IMPULSE RESPONSE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

2D ARRAY TRANSDUCER; B-MODE IMAGES; BEAM PATTERN; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ATTENUATION; PHASED ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; SIMULATION; TIME DOMAIN IMPULSE RESPONSE; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2D) ARRAYS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; BEAM THERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 46149125953     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2940158     Document Type: Article

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