A high-frequency linear ultrasonic array utilizing an interdigitally bonded 2-2 piezo-composite

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2202-2212

  Cannata, Jonathan M ^a   Williams, Jay A ^a   Zhang, Lequan ^a   Hu, Chang Hong ^a   Shung, K Kirk ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ELEMENTS; AXIAL RESOLUTIONS; AZIMUTH DIRECTION; BEAM FORMERS; CENTER FREQUENCY; DIRECTIVITY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LINEAR ARRAYS; MATCHING LAYER; POLYMETHYLPENTENE; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; PULSE ECHOES; SPHERICAL INCLUSION; ULTRASONIC ARRAYS; WATER BATHS;

BEAMFORMING; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FABRICATION; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ULTRASONICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CYSTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 80054056448     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.2070     Document Type: Article

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