Performance of a Linear Array Transducer of Vinylidene Fluoride Trifluoroethylene Copolymer

IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1985, Pages 566-573

  Kimura, Kuniko ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^a   Ohigashi, Hiroji ^a  

^a TORAY INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - IMAGING TECHNIQUES; COPOLYMERS - APPLICATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

ELECTROACOUSTIC CONVERSION LOSS; MEDICAL ECHOGRAMS; TRIFLUOROETHYLENE; ULTRASONIC ECHOGRAPHY; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0022091542     PISSN: 00189537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-SU.1985.31632     Document Type: Article

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