• DocumentCode
    1209359
  • Title

    Transesophageal Phased Array for Imaging the Heart

  • Author

    Souquet, J. ; Hanrath, P. ; Zitelli, L. ; Kremer, P. ; Langenstein, B.A. ; Schlüter, M.

  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1982
  • Firstpage
    707
  • Lastpage
    712
  • Abstract
    A 3.5 MHz phased array has been developed for imaging the heart through the esophagus. The ultrasonic probe is fitted on the distal end of an Olympus gastroscope. Transesophageal images of the heart were obtained on ten patients. This paper describes the design and realization of the phased array and presents some clinical results obtained on patients.
  • Keywords
    Composite materials; Esophagus; Heart; Impedance; Phased arrays; Real time systems; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducer arrays; Ultrasonic transducers; Wires; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Echocardiography; Esophagus; Gastroscopy; Heart; Heart Diseases; Humans; Middle Aged;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBME.1982.324864
  • Filename
    4121330