Dual element transducers for high frequency harmonic imaging

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 2325-2328

  Kim, H H ^a   Cannata, J M ^a   Liu, R ^a   Sun, L ^a   Shung, K K ^a   Silverman, R H ^b   Babar, S ^c  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual element transducer; Harmonic imaging; High frequency ultrasound; Lithium niobate

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROFILES; CENTER FREQUENCY; DUAL ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; FIELD II; HARMONIC IMAGING; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH-FREQUENCY HARMONICS; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; MATCHING LAYER; OPHTHALMIC IMAGING; RING ELEMENTS; SECOND HARMONIC SIGNALS; SECOND-HARMONIC IMAGING; SIMULATED RESULTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME DOMAIN;

BANDWIDTH; LITHIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 48149110676     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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