Piezoelectric materials for imaging

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-288

  Szabo, Thomas L ^a   Lewin, Peter A ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Imaging; Piezoelectric; Transducer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARRAY PROCESSING; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ULTRASONICS;

PIEZOELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS; PIEZOELECTRIC IMAGING SYSTEM;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 33847691082     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.3.283     Document Type: Review

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