Crisscross 2D cMUT array: Beamforming strategy and synthetic 3D imaging results

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1514-1517

  Savoia, A ^a   Bavaro, V ^a   Caliano, G ^a   Caronti, A ^a   Carotenuto, R ^b   Gatta, P ^a   Longo, C ^a   Pappalardo, M ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BEAMFORMING; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRANSDUCERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

3-D IMAGING; 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ACTIVE ELEMENTS; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ARRAY ELEMENTS; BEAM PATTERNS; BEAM STEERING; BEAMFORMING STRATEGY; CAPACITIVE MICROMACHINED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER; ELECTRODE PATTERNS; LINEAR ARRAYS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 48149087235     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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