Low-noise small-size microring ultrasonic detectors for high-resolution photoacoustic imaging

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Sung Liang ^a   Ling, Tao ^a   Guo, L Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

beamforming; microring resonators; photoacoustic imaging; photoacoustic tomography; ultrasonic detector

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE ANGLE; DELAY AND SUMS; DIFFERENT SIZES; EQUIVALENT PRESSURE; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; IMAGING CONTRAST; IMAGING QUALITY; LATERAL RESOLUTION; LOW NOISE; MICRO-VASCULATURE; MICRORING RESONATORS; MICRORINGS; PA IMAGING; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; POLYMER MICRORING RESONATORS; SMALL SIZE; ULTRASONIC DETECTOR; ULTRASONIC DETECTORS; ULTRASOUND DETECTION; WIDE-BAND;

BEAMFORMING; DETECTORS; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOACOUSTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MINIATURIZATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 79955650755     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3573386     Document Type: Article

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