Angular Response of Piezoelectric Elements in Phased Array Ultrasound Scanners

IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1979, Pages 185-190

  von Ramm, Olaf T ^b   Thurstone, Frederick L ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0018331371     PISSN: 00189537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-SU.1979.31085     Document Type: Article

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