7.5 MHz dual-layer transducer array for 3-D rectilinear imaging

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-216

  Chen, Yuling ^a   Nguyen, M A N ^a   Yen, Jesse T ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual layer array; Gcf processing; Rectilinear imaging

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CLINICAL APPLICATION; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; DUAL LAYER; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTHS; GENERALIZED COHERENCES; RECTILINEAR IMAGING; TRANSDUCER SENSITIVITY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAYS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

POLYMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 80051541614     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173461103300305     Document Type: Article

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