High frequency piezo composites microfabricated ultrasound transducers for intravascular imaging

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 264-268

  Yuan, Jian R ^a   Jiang, X ^b   Cao, Pei Jie ^a   Sadaka, Alain ^a   Bautista, Rick ^a   Snook, K ^b   Rehrig, P W ^b  

^a Boston Scientific Imaging   (United States)

^b TRS TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

IVUS; Microfabrication; PC MUT; Piezoelectric composite; PMN PT; Ultrasound transducer

Indexed keywords

HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND (HFUS); HIGH-FREQUENCY (HF); IMAGING QUALITY; IMAGING TOOLS; INTERNATIONAL (CO); INTRAVASCULAR; INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING; KERF WIDTHS; PIEZO COMPOSITE; PMN PT SINGLE CRYSTALS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALL ANIMALS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS; IVUS; PC-MUT; PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITE; PMN-PT;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FABRICATION; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LEAD; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROFABRICATION; MULTIUSER DETECTION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; MEDICINE; MICROANALYSIS; MICROMACHINING; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34547962524     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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