Title
An ultrasonic volumetric scanner for image-guided surgery
Abstract
The design of a two-dimensional ultrasonic array for providing real-time volumetric imaging during minimally invasive surgery is presented. The array is fully populated with capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers. A custom-designed experimental system is used to capture A-scans from the transducers. Pulse-echo images from a 16-element 1D array have been constructed. Point spread functions have been simulated for both 1D and 2D arrays.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1016/S0531-5131(01)00035-8
International Congress Series
Keywords
Field
DocType
Three-dimensional ultrasound,Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer,Two-dimensional array,Subarray processing,Ultrasonic imaging
Transducer,Ultrasonic sensor,Experimental system,Image-guided surgery,Scanner,Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers,Radiology,Medicine,Ultrasonic imaging
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
1230
0531-5131
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jeremy Johnson1615.58
Ömer Oralkan25910.44
Kambiz Kaviani3488.77
Utkan Demirci442.75
Mustafa Karaman5447.54
Pierre Khuri-Yakub600.68