Integration of Crawling Waves in an Ultrasound Imaging System. Part 1: System and Design Considerations

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 296-311

  Hazard, Christopher ^a   Hah, Zaegyoo ^b   Rubens, Deborah ^c   Parker, Kevin ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crawling wave; Radiation force; Sonoelasticity; System modification; Ultrasonic safety

Indexed keywords

BASE BANDS; CRAWLING WAVES; DEGASSED WATER; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; FOCUSED BEAMS; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RISE; RADIATION FORCE; RADIATION FORCES; REGION OF INTEREST; SAFETY GUIDELINES; SAFETY ISSUES; SONOELASTICITY; SYSTEM MODIFICATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; VARIABLE DELAYS;

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

SHEAR FLOW;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRAWLING WAVE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SAFETY; SHEAR RATE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84855511599     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.10.026     Document Type: Article

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