Ultrasonic Instruments and Devices Reference for Modern Instrumentation, Techniques, and Technology

Ultrasonic Instruments and Devices provides a rigorous introduction to the technology and techniques of modern ultrasonic instrumentation. A chapter is devoted to each major engineering area, and each chapter is written by one or more world-class experts in the particular area covered by the chapter. Topics such as fabrication and characterization of transducers, surface acoustic wave technology, frequency control devices, and ultrasonic imaging and microscopy systems are covered. Applications in medical diagnostics, nondestructive evaluation, and industrial control sensors are included with descriptions of how these instruments are used in a wide variety of situations such as taking ultrasonograms of an unborn child, testing the parts of an automobile for durability, evaluating the electronics that make a cell phone work, measuring the gas leading to a house, and evaluating the safety of an aircraft. One entire chapter of the book is devoted to essays that provide useful advice on the ways and means of bringing inventions out of the laboratory and onto the showroom floor. Throughout the book there is a focus on research successes that have become commercial successes. Ultrasonic Instruments and Devices holds useful perspectives for researchers, managers, and students.Papadakis, Emmanuel P. is the author of 'Ultrasonic Instruments and Devices Reference for Modern Instrumentation, Techniques, and Technology', published 2000 under ISBN 9780125319515 and ISBN 0125319517.