Prediction of surface temperature rise of ultrasonic diagnostic array transducers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-135

  Ohm, Won Suk ^a   Kim, Jeong Hwan ^a   Kim, Eun Chul ^a  

^a Medison Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT TRANSFER; REAL TIME CONTROL; TRANSDUCERS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONIC ARRAY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 41649097465     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.622     Document Type: Article

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