Solutions for reconfigurable arrays in ultrasound

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 116-119

  Cogan, S ^a   Fisher, R ^a   Thomenius, K ^a   Wodnicki, R ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular; Reconfigurable; Switch array

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; HEALTH; IMAGE QUALITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONICS;

2D ARRAYS; ANNULAR ARRAYS; CHANNEL ACCESS (CA); DESIGN TRADE OFFS; INTERNATIONAL (CO); LINEAR ARRAYS; ON-RESISTANCE (RONS); RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE ARRAYS; SIGNAL PROPAGATION DELAYS; SIZE CONSTRAINTS; SWITCH ARRAYS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D); ULTRASOUND ARRAYS;

SWITCHES; ULTRASONICS;

2D ARRAYS; ANNULAR; ANNULAR ARRAY; CHANNEL ACCESS; DESIGN TRADEOFF; LINEAR ARRAYS; ON-RESISTANCE; RECONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE ARRAY; SIGNAL PROPAGATION DELAYS; SIZE CONSTRAINT; SWITCH ARRAY; SWITCH ARRAYS; ULTRASOUND ARRAYS;

EID: 47249117592     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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