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Development of 1-3 ceramic-air composite transducers

Oakley et al., 1992

Document ID
8812059611817945964
Author
Oakley C
Marsh P
Publication year
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New Developments in Ultrasonic Transducers and Transducer Systems

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Over the past eight years, 1-3 ceramic-polymer composites have come into widespread use as the piezoelectric material in many ultrasonic transducer arrays used for medical imaging. The success of these materials for this application is a result of three major advantages …
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