Open AccessDevelopment of a low-cost six-axis alignment instrument for flexible 2D and 3D ultrasonic probes
Author(s) -
Jungsuk Kim,
Kwang S. Kim,
Hojong Choi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
technology and health care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1878-7401
pISSN - 0928-7329
DOI - 10.3233/thc-218008
Subject(s) - ultrasonic sensor , azimuth , tilt (camera) , echo (communications protocol) , acoustics , computer science , elevation (ballistics) , ultrasonic testing , orientation (vector space) , pulse (music) , optics , physics , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematics , telecommunications , geometry , computer network , astronomy , detector
The pulse-echo test is used to evaluate the performance of ultrasonic probes before manufacturing ultrasonic systems. However, commercial alignment instruments are very large and use complex programs with long operation times.