High-frequency ultrasound sensors using polymer microring resonators

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 957-964

  Chao, Chung Yen ^b   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a,b   Huang, Sheng Wen ^a,b   O'Donnell, Matthew ^a,b   Guo, L Jay ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTO-OPTIC EFFECT; MICRORING RESONATORS; OPTICAL RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; FORMABILITY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; POLYMERS; STRAIN; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH;

ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

POLYMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POLYMERS; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 34250330390     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.341     Document Type: Article

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