Calibration Of Medical Ultrasonic Equipment-Procedures And Accuracy Assessment

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 110-121

  Preston, Roy C ^a   Bacon, David R ^a   Smith, Robert A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT - CALIBRATION;

BEAM PLOTTING FACILITY; MEDICAL ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; REFERENCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM;

ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0023981195     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.4161     Document Type: Article

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