Time-reversed ultrasonically encoded optical focusing using two ultrasonic transducers for improved ultrasonic axial resolution

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Qiang ^a,b   Xu, Xiao ^b   Lai, Puxiang ^b   Xu, Daxiong ^a   Wang, Lihong V ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

optical imaging; optical phase conjugation; photorefractive crystal; time reversed ultrasonically encoded (TRUE) optical focusing; tissue optics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; SOUND; TRANSDUCER;

OPTICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOUND; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84891515569     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.11.110502     Document Type: Article

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