In-Vivo Fetal Ultrasound Exposimetiy

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 501-505

  Daft, Christopher M W ^a   Siddiqi, T A ^b   Fitting, D W ^c   Meyer, R A ^b   O'Brien W D ^d  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NDE Systems Inc ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - TISSUE; HYDROPHONES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EXPOSIMETRY; OBSTETRIC ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0025516983     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.63105     Document Type: Article

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