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In this paper, a new high frequency ultrasound (HFUS) system for high-resolution skin imaging is presented. For imaging, mechanical scans are performed with spherically focused single element transducers. Two separate applicators with different transducers are utilized to fulfill the different requirements for imaging the skin with 20MHz ultrasound and for lower range high resolution imaging of the uppermost skin layers with HFUS in the 100MHz range. Clinical images were acquired in the imaging lab of the Dermatological University Hospital. Imaging results of wound healing process and skin lesion nevus investigations are presented
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Vogt, M. et al. (2007). A New High Frequency Ultrasound Skin Imaging System: Imaging Properties and Clinical in Vivo Results. In: André, M.P., et al. Acoustical Imaging. Acoustical Imaging, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5721-0_16
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