Papers Published

1. Fernandez, A. and Dahl, J.J. and Dumont, D.M. and Trahey, G.E., Aberration measurement and correction with a high resolution 1.75D array, 2001 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings. An International Symposium (Cat. No.01CH37263), vol. vol.2 (2001), pp. 1489 - 94 [ULTSYM.2001.992002] .
   (last updated on 2007/04/13)

   Abstract:
   Accurate measurement of tissue induced aberrations is necessary for effective adaptive ultrasound imaging. We acquired single channel RF data on a 6.7 MHz, 8×128 array (Tetrad Co.) operating at F/1.0 in azimuth and F/2.89 in elevation. This array was interfaced to a Siemens Elegra scanner, allowing for data acquisition during routine clinical scanning. Breast images in three patients and four volunteers (for a total of 16 scans), and thyroid and liver images in six volunteers (10 scans each) were taken. A least squares algorithm was employed to estimate the arrival time error induced by the tissue and to generate corrected images. In general, mild (20-40 nsec r.m.s.) and spatially stable aberration profiles were measured

   Keywords:
   aberrations;biological tissues;biomedical ultrasonics;least squares approximations;ultrasonic arrays;