High-Frequency Chirp Ultrasound Imaging with an Annular Array for Ophthalmologic and Small-Animal Imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1198-1208

  Mamou, Jonathan ^a   Aristizábal, Orlando ^a,b   Silverman, Ronald H ^a,c   Ketterling, Jeffrey A ^a   Turnbull, Daniel H ^b  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coded signals; High frequency; Small animal

Indexed keywords

A-CENTER; ANNULAR ARRAY; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BRAIN VENTRICLES; CENTER FREQUENCY; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; CODED SIGNAL; CODED SIGNALS; DATA SETS; DEPTH OF FIELD; FINE-RESOLUTION IMAGES; FOCUSING ALGORITHM; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH-FREQUENCY; IMAGING METHOD; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; MOUSE EMBRYOS; PENETRATION DEPTH; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SMALL ANIMAL; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; HISTOLOGY; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYO; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; VALIDITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 67649202242     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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