Acoustic Microscopy and Ultrasonic Imaging : From Principles to Advanced Applications.

Novel physical solutions, including new results in the field of adaptive methods and inventive approaches to inverse problems, original concepts based on high harmonic imaging algorithms, intriguing vibro-acoustic imaging and vibro-modulation technique, etc. were successfully introduced and verified...

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Main Author: Maev, Roman Gr
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Weinheim : Wiley, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Related Titles; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Author Biographies; Part One: Fundamentals; 1: From Multiwave Imaging to Elasticity Imaging; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Regimes of Spatial Resolution; 1.3 The Multiwave Approach; 1.4 Wave to Wave Generation; 1.5 Wave to Wave Tagging; 1.6 Wave to Wave Imaging: Mapping Elasticity; 1.7 Super-resolution in Supersonic Shear Wave Imaging; 1.8 Clinical Applications; 1.9 Conclusion; References; 2: Imaging via Speckle Interferometry and Nonlinear Methods; 2.1 General Introduction.
  • 2.2 Part I: Speckle Interferometry2.2.1 Introduction; 2.2.2 Labeyrie's Method; 2.2.3 Knox-Thompson Method; 2.2.4 Importance of Phase Difference Calculation; 2.2.5 Labeyrie and Knox-Thompson in Two Dimensions; 2.2.6 Other Improvements to Speckle Interferometry; 2.3 Part II: Nonlinear Imaging; 2.3.1 Introduction; 2.3.2 Deviation (Difference Squared), or Absolute Difference; 2.3.3 Fourier Transform-Based Methodology; 2.3.4 Fourier Methodology: How to Create an Image; 2.3.5 Fourier Transform: Problems with Using; 2.3.6 Hilbert Transform-Based Methodology.
  • 2.3.7 Hilbert Methodology: How to Create an Image, and 3D Image2.4 Summary and Closing; Selected References (By Subject); Part Two: Novel Developments in Advanced Imaging Techniques and Methods; 3: Fundamentals and Applications of a Quantitative Ultrasonic Microscope for Soft Biological Tissues; 3.1 General Introduction: Basic Idea of an Ultrasonic Microscope for Biological Tissues; 3.2 Sound Speed Profile; 3.2.1 Fundamentals; 3.2.2 Specimen to be Observed; 3.2.3 Experimental Setup and Acquired Signal; 3.2.4 Calculation of Sound Speed; 3.2.5 Two-Dimensional Sound Speed Profiles.
  • 3.2.6 Attempts at Better Spatial Resolution3.3 Acoustic Impedance Profile; 3.3.1 Fundamentals; 3.3.2 Experimental Setup; 3.3.3 Specimen to be Observed; 3.3.4 Acquired Signal; 3.3.5 Calibration for Characteristic Acoustic Impedance [3]; 3.3.6 Observation of Cerebellar Cortex of a Rat [4]; 3.3.7 Cell Size Observation [5]; 3.3.8 Commercialized Equipment; 3.4 Summary; References; 4: Portable Ultrasonic Imaging Devices; References; 5: High-Frequency Ultrasonic Systems for High-Resolution Ranging and Imaging; 5.1 General Introduction; 5.2 High-Frequency Ultrasonic System Components.
  • 5.2.1 Ultrasound Echo Systems5.2.2 Transmitter and Receiver Components for High-Frequency Ultrasonic Echo Systems; 5.2.3 Spectral and Range Resolution Properties; 5.2.4 Measurement and Optimization of the Pulse Transfer Properties; 5.2.5 Range Resolution Optimization: Inverse Echo Signal Filtering; 5.2.6 Measurement of Acoustic Scattering Parameters in Plane Wave Propagation; 5.3 Engineering Concepts for High-Frequency Ultrasonic Imaging; 5.3.1 Single-Element Transducer B-Scan Techniques; 5.3.2 Lateral Resolution Optimization; 5.3.3 Limited Angle Spatial Compounding (LASC).