The feasibility of non-contact ultrasound for medical imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 6263-6278

  Clement, G T ^a   Nomura, H ^a   Adachi, H ^a   Kamakura, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY; DIFFRACTION TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HIGHLY FOCUSED ULTRASOUNDS; MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; NONLINEAR HARMONIC GENERATION; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION;

HARMONIC GENERATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

ULTRASONICS;

WATER;

AIR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAND; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESSURE; TRANSDUCER; PROCEDURES;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRESSURE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 84883863709     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/18/6263     Document Type: Article

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