2-D row-column CMUT arrays with an open-grid support structure

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1712-1715

  Christiansen, Thomas Lehrmann ^a   Dahl Petersen, Christian ^a   Jensen, Jorgen Arendt ^a   Thomsen, Erik V ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84894353501     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2013.0436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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