Non-contact ultrasonic inspection of medical catheters for polymeric bond defects

Materials and Design

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 603-614

  Xu, Peng ^a   Yu, Yi ^a   Chan, Andrew K ^a   Harms, Kent D ^b   Suh, C Steve ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

A: Polymers; F: Defects; G: Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

BONDING; CATHETERS; DEFECTS; LASERS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POLYMERS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

BOND INTEGRITY; STIFFENING; ULTRASONIC INSPECTION;

ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION;

MEDICAL APPLICATION;

EID: 2942534028     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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