In-fibre Bragg gratings for ultrasonic medical applications

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1050-1054

  Fisher, N E ^a   Surowiec, J ^a   Webb, D J ^a   Jackson, D A ^a   Gavrilov, L R ^b   Hand, J W ^b   Zhang, L ^c   Bennion, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

IN FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031246389     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/8/10/003     Document Type: Article

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