The Design of Protection Circuitry for High-Frequency Ultrasound Imaging Systems

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 48-55

  Lockwood, Geoff R ^a   Hunt, John W ^a   Foster, F Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS - TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

HF ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM; PROTECTION CIRCUITRY DESIGN; PULSE-ECHO RESPONSE; TRANSDUCER ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 0026096640     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.67834     Document Type: Article

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