Investigation of dental samples using a 35 MHz focussed ultrasound piezocomposite transducer

Ultrasonics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-218

  Hughes, D A ^a   Girkin, J M ^a   Poland, S ^a   Longbottom, C ^b   Button, T W ^c   Elgoyhen, J ^c   Hughes, H ^c   Meggs, C ^c   Cochran, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c APPLIED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical imaging; High frequency; Human teeth

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; DENTISTRY; ENAMELS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; TOOTH ENAMEL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; CENTRE FREQUENCIES; CLINICAL TOOLS; DATA SETS; DENTAL EROSIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; HUMAN TEETH; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; LOWER FREQUENCIES; PIEZOCOMPOSITE; PIEZOCOMPOSITE TRANSDUCERS; QUANTITATIVE MONITORING; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; ECHOGRAPHY; ENAMEL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; TOOTH DISEASE; TRANSDUCER;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; TOOTH EROSION; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 57049150774     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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