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Medical tuning fork

Known as: fork tuning, FORK, TUNING, forks tuning 
A tuning fork is a mechanical device which resonates at a given frequency and is used to diagnose hearing disorders and to test for vibratory sense.
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Comparison of force sensors for atomic force microscopy based on quartz tuning forks and length-extensional resonators
The force sensor is key to the performance of atomic force microscopy (AFM). Nowadays, most atomic force microscopes use… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Reflex control of the human inner ear: a half-octave offset in medial efferent feedback that is consistent with an efferent role in the control of masking.
The high sensitivity and frequency selectivity of the mammalian cochlea is due to amplification produced by outer hair cells… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Dynamics of quartz tuning fork force sensors used in scanning probe microscopy
We have performed an experimental characterization of the dynamics of oscillating quartz tuning forks which are being… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Calibrating a tuning fork for use as a scanning probe microscope force sensor.
Quartz tuning forks mounted with sharp tips provide an alternate method to silicon microcantilevers for probing the tip-substrate… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Influence of molecular relaxation dynamics on quartz-enhanced photoacoustic detection of CO2 at λ =2 μm
Carbon dioxide (CO2) trace gas detection based on quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) using a distributed feedback… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Applications of quartz tuning forks in spectroscopic gas sensing
A recently introduced approach to photoacoustic detection of trace gases utilizing a quartz tuning fork (TF) as a resonant… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Identifying Dead Regions in the Cochlea: Psychophysical Tuning Curves and Tone Detection in Threshold-Equalizing Noise
Objective Recent studies indicate that high-frequency amplification may provide little benefit for listeners with moderate-to… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Evaluation of a force sensor based on a quartz tuning fork for operation at low temperatures and ultrahigh vacuum
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A low-temperature dynamic mode scanning force microscope operating in high magnetic fields
A scanning force microscope was implemented operating at temperatures below 4.2 K and in magnetic fields up to 8 T. Piezoelectric… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Miniaturization of tuning forks.
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