Multiple-frequency ultrasonic imaging by transmitting pulsed waves of two frequencies

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 53-60

  Yoshizumi, Natsuki ^a   Saito, Shigemi ^b   Koyama, Daisuke ^c   Nakamura, Kentaro ^c   Ohya, Akihisa ^d   Akiyama, Iwaki ^a  

^a SHONAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annular transducer; Multiple frequency; Nonlinear propagation; Speckle reduction

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRESSURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 67650733519     PISSN: 13464523     EISSN: 16132254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-009-0213-7     Document Type: Article

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