On the Generation of High-Frequency Acoustic Energy with Polyvinylidene Fluoride

IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1980, Pages 295-302

  Swartz, Robert G ^a   Plummer, James D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS;

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS;

EID: 0019079764     PISSN: 00189537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-SU.1980.31193     Document Type: Article

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