Sub-10 nm ytterbium oxide nanopowder-doped silicone rubber acoustic lens material for medical echo array probe

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 33-35, 2007, Pages

  Yamashita, Yohachi ^a   Hosono, Yasuharu ^a   Itsumi, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic impedance; Acoustic lens; Attenuation; Ceramic; Density; Materials; Medical array transducers; Medical probe; Nanopowder; Silicone rubber; Sound velocity; Ytterbium oxide

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RUBBER; SILICONES; YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACOUSTIC LENS; MEDICAL ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; MEDICAL PROBES; NANOPOWDER; SILICONE RUBBER; YTTERBIUM OXIDE;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 34648836054     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.46.L851     Document Type: Article

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