Photoacoustic imaging with a commercial ultrasound system and a custom probe

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 484-492

  Wang, Xueding ^a   Fowlkes, J Brian ^a   Cannata, Jonathan M ^b   Hu, Changhong ^b   Carson, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad bandwidth; P(VDF TrFE) transducer; Photoacoustic imaging; Real time imaging; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

BROAD BANDWIDTHS; P(VDF-TRFE) TRANSDUCER; PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING; REAL-TIME IMAGING; VASCULATURE;

BANDWIDTH; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PROBES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MECHANICAL PROBE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 79851514551     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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