A high-frequency, high frame rate duplex ultrasound linear array imaging system for small animal imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1548-1557

  Zhang, Lequan ^a   Xu, Xiaochen ^b   Hu, Changhong ^a   Sun, Lei ^c   Yen, Jesse T ^a   Cannata, Jonathan M ^a   Shung, K ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; B-MODE IMAGES; B-MODE IMAGING; B-SCAN IMAGING; BEAM WIDTHS; BLOOD FLOW; CURRENT IMAGING; DOPPLER; ENERGY RATIO; FIELD OF VIEWS; FOCAL POINTS; FRAMES PER SECONDS; HIGH FRAME RATE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; IN-VIVO; LABVIEW SOFTWARE; LINEAR ARRAYS; MOUSE HEART; PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH; PULSED-WAVE DOPPLER; REAL TIME; SMALL ANIMAL; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ARRAY PROCESSING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 77954780182     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1585     Document Type: Article

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