Demonstration of second-harmonic IVUS feasibility with focused broadband miniature transducers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1077-1085

  Chandrana, Chaitanya ^a,b   Kharin, Nikolay ^a   Vince, Geoffrey D ^c   Roy, Shuvo ^d   Fleischman, Aaron J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

^c Volcano Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND MINIATURE; EX-VIVO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLAT TRANSDUCERS; FOCUSED TRANSDUCER; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGING MODALITY; INTRAVASCULAR; LATERAL RESOLUTION; MICROMACHINED; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SECOND HARMONICS; SECOND-HARMONIC IMAGING; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TRIFLUOROETHYLENE;

TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

AORTA; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

AORTA; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77951919281     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1519     Document Type: Article

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