A 256 × 256 2-D array transducer with row-column addressing for 3-D rectilinear imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 837-847

  Seo, Chi Hyung ^b   Yen, Jesse T ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-3 COMPOSITES; 2D-ARRAYS; 3-D IMAGE; A-CENTER; BEAM WIDTHS; DIODE CIRCUITS; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTHS; GELATIN PHANTOMS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; RECEIVE BEAMFORMING; RECTILINEAR IMAGING; ROW-COLUMN; SERIES RESONANCE; SINGLE WIRES; SWITCHING SCHEME; TRANSMIT BEAMFORMING; VOLUMETRIC IMAGING;

BEAMFORMING; MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOOLS; TUMORS; WIRE;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67650594232     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1107     Document Type: Article

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