A 3.7 MHz phased array probe using 0.91Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.09PbTiO3 single crystal

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 414-421

  Saitoh, Shiroh ^a   Takeuchi, Takashi ^a   Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Harada, Kouichi ^a   Shimanuki, Senji ^a   Yamashita, Yohachi ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FREQUENCIES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DOPPLER SENSITIVITY; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0033099164     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.753031     Document Type: Article

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