Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 9 , Pages 1513-1527 , September 2008

Evaluation of a Novel Solid-State Method for Determining the Acoustic Power Generated by Physiotherapy Ultrasound Transducers

  • Bajram Zeqiri

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr Bajram Zeqiri, Acoustics Group, Quality of Life Division, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW United Kingdom
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  • Jill Barrie

Received 24 August 2007 ,Revised 23 January 2008 ,Accepted 4 February 2008.

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PII: S0301-5629(08)00073-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.02.003

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 9 , Pages 1513-1527 , September 2008

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