Green's function method for modeling nonlinear dimensional pulsed acoustic fields in ultrasound including tissue-like

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 375-378

  Huijssen, J ^a   Verweij, M D ^a   Jong, N D ^b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FIELD; FIELD PROFILE; GREEN'S FUNCTION METHODS; LOSSLESS MEDIUM; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; NON-LINEAR ACOUSTICS; PHASED ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; POWER LAW; SECOND HARMONIC COMPONENT;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GREEN'S FUNCTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS;

EID: 67649360327     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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