A multirow single crystal phased array for wideband ultrasound imaging

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1025-1029

  Zipparo, M J ^a   Oakley, C G ^a   Mills, D M ^b   Dentinger, A M ^b   Smith, L S ^b  

^a Tetrad Development Corporation   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband arrays; Harmonic imaging; Single crystals

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND ARRAYS; HARMONIC IMAGING; MORPHOTROPIC PHASE BOUNDARY (MPB); RELAXOR MATERIALS;

ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY; RESONANCE; SCANNING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 21644440184     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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