DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY ANNULAR ARRAY ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL IMAGING

This thesis presents the design of a high-frequency annular array ultrasound system suitable for medical imaging. To reduce the cost of the system, off-the-shelf parts were used whenever possible. The system consists of four main components; 1) a transmit beamformer, 2) a high voltage pulse generato...

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Main Author: Lay, Holly Susan
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
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Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6506