Page 287 - Biomedical Engineering and Design Handbook Volume 2, Applications

INSTRUMENTATION DESIGN FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING 265

Krishnan, S., Li, and P. C., O’Donnell, M., (1996), “Adaptive compensation of phase and magnitude aberrations,”
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 43:44–55, January.
Larsen, H. G. and Leavitt, S. C., (1980), “An image display algorithm for use in real-time sector scanners with
digital scan conversion,” 1980 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, pp. 763–765.
Li, P. C. and O’Donnell, M., (1995), “Phase aberration correction on two-dimensional conformal arrays,” IEEE
Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 42:73–82.
Macovski, A., (1983), Medical Imaging Systems, Chap. 10, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Maslak, S. H., (1979), “Acoustic imaging apparatus,” U.S. Patent No. 4,140,022, issued Feb. 20, 1979.
Mucci, R. A., (1984), “A comparison of efficient beamforming algorithms,” IEEE Transactions on Acoustic
Speech and Signal Processing, 32:548–558.
Napolitano, D., et al., (2003), “Zone-based B-mode imaging,” IEEE 2003Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings,
pp. 25–28.
Nock, L., Trahey, G. E., and Smith, S. W., (1988), “Phase aberration correction in medical ultrasound using
speckle brightness as a quality factor,” Journal of Acoustic Society of America, 85:1819–1833.
O’Donnell, M. O. and Flax, S. W., (1988), “Phase aberration measurements in medical ultrasound: human stud-
ies,” Ultrasonic Imaging, 10:1–11.
Park, S. B. and Lee, M. H., (1984), “A new scan conversion algorithm for real-time sector scanner,” 1984 IEEE
Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, pp. 723–727.
Richard, W. D., et al., (2008), “A low-cost B-mode USB ultrasound probe,” Ultrasonic Imaging, 30:21–28.
Rigby, K. W., (2000), “Real-time correction of beamforming time delay errors in abdominal ultrasound imaging,”
Proc. SPIE, 3982:342–353.
Sarti, D. A., (1987), Diagnostic Ultrasound—Text and Cases, Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago.
Schafer, M. E. and Lewin, P. A., (1984), “The influence of front-end hardware on digital ultrasonic imaging,”
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics. Ferroelectrics. and Frequency Control, 31:295–306.
Schafer, M. E. and Lewin, P. A., (1989), “Transducer characterization using the angular spectrum method,”
Journal of Acoustic Society of America, 85:2202–2214.
Silverstein, S. D., (2001), “A robust auto-focusing algorithm for medical ultrasound: consistent phase references
from scaled cross-correlation functions,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 8(6):177–179.
Steinberg, B. D., (1976), Principles of Aperture and Array System Design, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Steinberg, B. D., (1992), “Digital beamforming in ultrasound,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics,
and Frequency Control, 39(6):716–721, November.
Szabo, T. L., (2004), Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging: Inside Out, Elsevier Science:549 pages
Texas Instruments, http://focus.ti.com.cn/cn/lit/an/slaa320/slaa320.pdf.
Thomenius, K. E., (1996), “Evolution of ultrasound beamforming,” Proceedings of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium,
IEEE Cat. No. 96CH35993, pp. 1615–1622.
Thurstone, F. L. and von Ramm, O. T., (1973), “A new ultrasound imaging technique employing two-dimensional elec-
tronic beam steering,” In: Acoustical Holography, Booth Newell, vol 5, pp. 249–259, Plenum Press, New York.
Trahey, G. E. and Smith, S. W., (1988), “Properties of acoustical speckle in the presence of phase aberration. Part I:
First order statistics,” Ultrasonic Imaging, 10:12–28.
Verasonics, http://www.verasonics.com/pdf/verasonics_ultrasound_eng.pdf.
Wells, P. N., (2006), “Ultrasound imaging,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 51(13):R83–R98.
Wildes, D. G., et al., (1997), “Elevation performance of 1.25D and 1.5D transducer arrays,” IEEE Transactions
on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 44:1027–1037.
Zhu, Q. and Steinberg, B. D., (1993a), “Wavefront amplitude distortion and image sidelobe levels: Part I—
Theory and computer simulations,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency
Control, 40:747–753.
Zhu, Q. and Steinberg, B. D., (1993b), “Wavefront amplitude distortion and image sidelobe levels: Part II—In
vivo experiments,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 40:754–762.