Piezoceramics for high-prequency (20 to 100 MHz) single-element imaging transducers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1038-1048

  Zipparo, Michael J ^a   Kirk Shung, K ^a   Shrout, Thomas R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

AIR LOADED RESONATORS; HIGH FREQUENCY SINGLE ELEMENT IMAGING TRANSDUCERS; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; PIEZOCERAMIC MATERIALS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0031237725     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.655629     Document Type: Article

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