Implications of mode conversion on transcranial ultrasound imaging

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1752-1755

  Vignon, Francois ^a   Shi, William T ^a   Yin, Xiangtao ^a   Hoelscher, Thilo ^b   Powers, Jeffry E ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Mode conversion; Transcranial; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; HEALTH; ULTRASONICS;

AMPLITUDE TRANSMISSION; ANGLE-DEPENDENT; ARTIFACT; FIELD OF VIEWS; FLUID-SOLID INTERFACES; INCIDENCE ANGLES; MODE CONVERSION; MODE CONVERSIONS; SKULL BONES; SOFT TISSUES; TRANSCRANIAL; TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING; TRANSVERSE WAVES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 48149108021     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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