A history of medical biological imaging with polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) transducers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1363-1371

  Foster, F Stuart ^a   Harasiewicz, Kasia A ^a   Sherar, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; BREAST IMAGING; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; FERROELECTRIC POLYMER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE TRANSDUCERS; THYROID IMAGING; ULTRASOUND BIOMICROSCOPY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FREQUENCIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; ULTRASONICS; VINYL RESINS;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0034314987     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.883525     Document Type: Article

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