High frequency broadband PZT thick film ultrasonic transducers for medical imaging applications

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Q Q ^a   Djuth, F T ^a   Zhou, Q F ^b   Hu, C H ^b   Cha, J H ^b   Shung, K K ^b  

^a Geospace Research Inc   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

High frequency; PZT; Sol gel; Thick films; Transducer

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SOL-GELS; THICK FILMS;

BEAM PROFILE MEASUREMENTS; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HIGH FREQUENCY; PZT FILMS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845698000     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.05.130     Document Type: Article

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