Development of 1-3 ceramic-air composite transducers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1733, Issue , 1992, Pages 274-283

  Oakley, Clyde ^a   Marsh, Peter ^b  

^a Tetrad Development Corporation   (United States)

^b ATL Echo Ultrasound   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CERAMIC COMPOSITES; CERAMIC-POLYMER COMPOSITES; CERAMIC-POLYMER MATERIALS; COMPOSITE DESIGNS; COMPOSITE TRANSDUCERS; POLYMER MATERIALS; THREE PARAMETERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ARRAY;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84869113261     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.130604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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