Title :
Plane wave ultrasound imaging with a broadband photoacoustic source
Author :
Kruizinga, Pieter ; Cox, Ben ; de Jong, Nico ; Beard, Paul ; van der Steen, Anton F. W. ; van Soest, Gijs
Author_Institution :
Thorax Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
Plane wave ultrasound imaging using a single short, broadband planar source pulse generated by photoacoustic excitation, was demonstrated.
Keywords :
acoustic radiators; photoacoustic effect; ultrasonic imaging; ultrasonic waves; broadband photoacoustic source; broadband planar source pulse generation; photoacoustic excitation; plane wave ultrasound imaging; single short; Acoustics; Arrays; Broadband communication; Phantoms; Transducers; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4561-3
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0353
