Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 410-418 , March 2010

An Analysis of the Origin of Differences between Measured and Simulated Fields Produced by A 15-Element Ultrasound Phased Array

  • Adam H. Aitkenhead

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Adam H. Aitkenhead, North Western Medical Physics, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, U.K.
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  • John A. Mills

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy Physics, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK
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  • Adrian J. Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
    • Department of Radiotherapy Physics, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK

Received 3 September 2009 ,Revised 18 November 2009 ,Accepted 24 November 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)01658-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.11.010

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 410-418 , March 2010

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