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Simulation of field characteristics of the focused axisymmetrically curved surface transducers

Y Huo1, Y Chen

  • 1Biomedical Engineering Department, Shang-Hai JiaoTong University, ShangHai, China. hyml88@yahoo.com

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
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