Performance analysis of ultrasono-therapy transducer with contact detection

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 743-747

  Moreno, Eduarde ^a   González, Gilberto ^b   Leija, Lorenzo ^b   Rodríguez, Orlando ^a   Castillo, Martha ^a   Fuentes, Martín ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIBERNÉTICA   (Cuba)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CONTACT DETECTION;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0038043952     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1209565     Document Type: Review

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