A 5-MHz cylindrical dual-layer transducer array for 3-D transrectal ultrasound imaging

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-195

  Chen, Yuling ^a,b   Nguyen, Man ^a   Yen, Jesse T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylindrical array; Dual layer design; GCF processing; Transrectal imaging

Indexed keywords

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

CYLINDRICAL ARRAYS; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; DUAL LAYER; GENERALIZED COHERENCES; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND;

TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84867840297     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0161734612453279     Document Type: Article

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