Two-dimensional ultrasound receive array using an angle-tuned Fabry-Perot polymer film sensor for transducer field characterization and transmission ultrasound imaging

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1002-1012

  Beard, Paul Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BANDWIDTH; CCD ARRAYS; PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING; ULTRASOUND RECEIVE ARRAYS;

ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHOTODIODES; POLYMERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SENSORS; THIN FILMS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

EID: 23244440572     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1504022     Document Type: Article

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