An Approach for Reducing Adjacent Element Crosstalk in Ultrasound Arrays

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1752-1761

  Zhou, Shiwei ^a   Wojcik, Gregory L ^a   Hossack, John A ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIVE-ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; INTERELEMENT CROSSTALKS; ULTRASOUND ARRAYS;

ARRAYS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TRANSMITTERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 1842480475     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1256316     Document Type: Article

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