Phase aberration correction in two dimensions using a deformable array transducer

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 227-247

  Ries, Loriann L ^a   Smith, Stephen W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberration; linear array; phase correction; transducer; two dimensional

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DEFORMATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRONIC PHASE DELAY; LINEAR ARRAYS; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES; PHASE ABERRATION CORRECTION; PHASE CORRECTION ALGORITHM; PHASE CORRECTIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS;

ABERRATIONS;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84965704419     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469501700303     Document Type: Article

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