Development of multiple-frequency ultrasonic imaging system using multiple resonance piezoelectric transducer

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 7 PART2, 2012, Pages

  Akiyama, Iwaki ^a,d   Yoshizumi, Natsuki ^a   Saito, Shigemi ^b   Wada, Yuji ^c   Koyama, Daisuke ^c,d   Nakamura, Kentaro ^c  

^a SHONAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b To Kai University   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B-MODE IMAGES; BACKING LAYERS; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; DIAGNOSIS EQUIPMENT; HUMAN THYROID; MATCHING LAYER; MECHANICAL QUALITY FACTORS; MULTIPLE FREQUENCY; MULTIPLE RESONANCES; PIEZOELECTRIC PLATE; SHORT DURATIONS; SPECKLE REDUCTION; ULTRASONIC PULSE; VIBRATION PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84864648055     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.51.07GF02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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