Scanning head with 128-element 20-MHz PVDF linear array transducer

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1769-1777

  Carey, Stephen J ^a   Brox Nilsen, Christian ^c   Lewis, Hugh M ^b   Gregory, Christopher M ^c   Hatfield, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b R and D Department   (United Kingdom)

^c Phoenix Inspection System Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL AMPLIFIERS; IMAGING TESTS; LATERAL RESOLUTION; LINEAR ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; LINEAR TRANSDUCERS; NOISE PRESSURE; PULSE LENGTH; PULSE REPETITION RATES; PVDF FILMS; RADIATED POWER;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

SCANNING;

POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ALGORITHM; AMPLIFIER; ARM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; SKIN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; ARM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYVINYLS; SKIN; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 68649128181     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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