The NPL Ultrasound Beam Calibrator

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 122-139

  Preston, Roy C ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT - ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVES - CALIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC OUTPUT PARAMETERS; MULTIELEMENT MEMBRANE HYDROPHONE; ULTRASOUND BEAM CALIBRATOR;

HYDROPHONES;

EID: 0023981196     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.4162     Document Type: Article

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