Power drive circuits for diagnostic medical ultrasound

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Haider, Bruno ^a  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD; ELECTRIC DRIVES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC PRESSURE; ELECTRICAL LOAD IMPEDANCE; HOMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION;

NETWORK COMPONENTS;

EID: 34247503811     PISSN: 10636854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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