Two-dimensional (2D) transducer arrays for medical ultrasonic imaging

RBM - Revue Europeenne de Technologie Biomedicale

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 243-246

  Gelly, J F ^a   Bureau, J M ^a  

^a Thomson Microsonics   (France)

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EID: 0038896953     PISSN: 02220776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0222-0776(99)80009-1     Document Type: Article

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