Effects of ytterbium oxide nanopowder particle size on the acoustic properties of silicone rubber lens for medical echo array probe

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 5 PART 2, 2008, Pages 4132-4136

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

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic lens; Attenuation; Characteristic acoustic impedance; Density; Materials; Medical array transducers; Medical probe; Nanopowder; Particle size; Silicone rubber; Sound velocity; Ytterbium oxide

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTICS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; LENSES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; RUBBER; SILICONES; YTTERBIUM;

ACOUSTIC LENS; ATTENUATION; CHARACTERISTIC ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; DENSITY; MEDICAL ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; MEDICAL PROBE; NANOPOWDER; SILICONE RUBBER; SOUND VELOCITY; YTTERBIUM OXIDE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE;

EID: 54949121407     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.47.4132     Document Type: Article

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