Tri-modality ultrasound imaging system: Design and phantom experiment results

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 325-328

  Nguyen, Man M ^a   Ding, Xuan ^a,b   Yu, Jaesok ^a,b   Daewoo, Park ^a   Yu, Francois ^a   Kim, Kang ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

apodization; beamforming; linear array; multi foci; multi modality; photoacousotic imaging; shearwave elasticity imaging; thermal strain imaging

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

APODIZATIONS; ELASTICITY IMAGING; LINEAR ARRAYS; MULTI MODALITY; MULTI-FOCI; THERMAL STRAIN IMAGING;

TISSUE;

EID: 84910048838     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2014.0080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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