Fabrication of High Frequency Spherically Shaped Ceramic Transducers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 231-235

  Lockwood, Geoffrey R ^a   Turnbull, Daniel H ^a   Foster, Stuart ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDING; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; DEFORMATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LOSSES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SKIN; STRESSES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BACKING LAYER; CERAMIC TRANSDUCERS; INSERTION LOSS; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; PULSE ECHO RESPONSE;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0028392028     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.279136     Document Type: Article

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