Multiple acoustical matching layer design of ultrasonic transducer for medical application

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 6098-6107

  Chen, Yeong Chin ^a   Wu, Sean ^a  

^a TUNG FANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acoustical matching layer; Heavy backing; Mason model; Piezoelectric transducer; PSPICE; Quarter wavelength; Soft backing; Time duration; Ultrasonic diagnostic; Wide band

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; DIAGNOSIS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ACOUSTIC); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

MULTIPLE ACOUSTICAL MATCHING LAYER; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC; SOFTWARE PACKAGE PSPICE; ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0036819248     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.41.6098     Document Type: Article

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