Ultrasonic transducers for high resolution imaging : From piezoelectric structures to medical diagnostic

Informacije MIDEM

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 177-186

  Lethiecq, Marc ^a   Levassort, Franck ^b   Tran Huu Hue, Louis Pascal ^b  

^a LUSSI EIVL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; High resolution imaging; Imaging; Piezoelectric transducers; Transducers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645500973     PISSN: 03529045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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