Broadband optical ultrasound sensor with a unique open-cavity structure

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chow, Colin M ^a   Zhou, Yun ^a   Guo, Yunbo ^a   Norris, Theodore B ^a   Wang, Xueding ^b   Deng, Cheri X ^a   Ye, Jing Yong ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrophone; optical ultrasound sensor; photoacoustic imaging; ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; FABRICATION COST; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL CAVITIES; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; OPTICAL ULTRASOUND SENSOR; PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SIGNAL FIDELITY; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; TWO MIRRORS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SENSORS; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

BANDWIDTH; HYDROPHONES; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LENSES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955977211     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3528014     Document Type: Article

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