Evaluation of spatial resolution of spherical-planar-pair lenses for elasticity measurement with microscopic resolution

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 422-427

  Nakaso, Noritaka ^a,b   Tsukahara, Yusuke ^a   Chubachi, Noriyoshi ^b  

^a TOPPAN PRINTING CO LTD   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; LENSES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SCANNING; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

COORDINATE SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY MEASUREMENT; INSON; MICROSCOPIC RESOLUTION; REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPHERICAL PLANAR PAIR LENSES; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC MICROSPECTROMETERS;

ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030151675     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.489400     Document Type: Article

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