Optimization of a phased-array transducer for multiple harmonic imaging in medical applications: Frequency and topology

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 533-546

  Matte, Guillaume M ^a   Van Neer, Paul L M J ^a   Danilouchkine, Mike G ^a   Huijssen, Jacob ^b   Verweij, Martin D ^c   Jong, Nico De ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrays; Equations; Harmonic analysis; Imaging; Mathematical model; Topology; Transducers

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL IMAGING; ARRAYS; BACK-SCATTERED; CENTER FREQUENCY; ECHOGRAPHIC IMAGES; EQUATIONS; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ATTENUATION; GRATING LOBES; HARMONIC IMAGING; HARMONIC PEAKS; HARMONIC PRESSURE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGHER HARMONICS; IMAGING; IMAGING CHAINS; LOW SENSITIVITY; NEAR-FIELD; NON-LINEAR PHENOMENA; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION; OPTIMAL TOPOLOGIES; PENETRATION DEPTH; PHASED ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; PHASED ARRAYS; RECEIVING APERTURE; SECOND-HARMONIC IMAGING; SIMULATION RESULT; SUPER-HARMONIC; SUPERHARMONIC IMAGING; SUPERHARMONICS; TRANSDUCER SURFACE; TRANSMIT FREQUENCY; TRANSMITTED PULSE;

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; DESIGN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSDUCERS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; UNDERWATER IMAGING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

TOPOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 79952974246     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.1837     Document Type: Article

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