A dual-layer transducer array for 3-D rectilinear imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 204-212

  Yen, Jesse T ^a   Seo, Chi H ^a   Awad, Samer I ^a   Jeong, Jong S ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-D ARRAYS; 3-D IMAGES; 3-D IMAGING; A CENTERS; BEAM WIDTHS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHANNEL COUNTS; COPPER TRACES; DATA SETS; DUAL LAYERS; FRACTIONAL BAND WIDTHS; INTERCONNECT CIRCUITS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; OFFLINE; P[VDF-TRFE]; PZT; RECTILINEAR IMAGING; TRANSDUCER ARRAYS; TRANSDUCER DESIGNS;

COPPER; DESIGN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; TARGETS; TRANSDUCERS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 60349103498     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1020     Document Type: Article

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