Correspondence: Lead-free intravascular ultrasound transducer using BZT-50BCT ceramics

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1272-1276

  Yan, Xingwei ^a   Lam, Kwok Ho ^b   Li, Xiang ^b   Chen, Ruimin ^b   Ren, Wei ^a   Ren, Xiaobing ^a   Zhou, Qifa ^b   Shung, K Kirk ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING APPLICATIONS; CORONARY ARTERIES; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEAD-FREE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

TRANSDUCERS;

CERAMICS; HEAVY METAL;

CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DEVICES; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; TRANSDUCER;

CERAMICS; CORONARY VESSELS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84878780183     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2692     Document Type: Article

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