Flexible integration of both high imaging resolution and high power arrays for Thermal Strain Imaging (TSI)

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 941-944

  Stephens, Douglas N ^a   Mahmoud, Ahmed M ^b,d   Dutta, Debaditya ^b   Lucero, Steven ^a   Kim, Kang ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Cairo University ^*  (United States)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

acoustic heating; array; dual mode transducers; power splitter; RF; thermal strain

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC HEATING; ARRAY; DUAL MODE TRANSDUCER; POWER SPLITTERS; RF; THERMAL STRAIN;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS;

TISSUE;

EID: 84882391023     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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