In vitro evaluation of an oscillating dual-mode ultrasound probe for sector imaging and directive therapy

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3669-3672

  Owen, N R ^a,b   Bouchoux, G ^a,b   Murillo, A ^a,b   Merouche, S ^a,b   Birer, A ^a,b   Chapelon, J Y ^a,b   Berriet, R ^c   Fleury, G ^a,b   Lafon, C ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Imasonic   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; PROBES; ULTRASONICS;

DUAL MODE TRANSDUCER; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTHS; HIGH INTENSITY ULTRASOUNDS; IN-VITRO EVALUATION; LATERAL RESOLUTION; POINT SCATTERERS; TRANSDUCER SURFACE; ULTRASOUND PROBES;

TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONICS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 61849115237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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