Evaluation of a Novel Solid-State Method for Determining the Acoustic Power Generated by Physiotherapy Ultrasound Transducers

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1513-1527

  Zeqiri, Bajram ^a   Barrie, Jill ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Physiotherapy transducers; Polyvinylidene fluoride; Pyroelectric method; Thermal technique; Ultrasonic power measurement

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC POWERS; BACKING MATERIALS; PHYSIOTHERAPY TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; POWER LEVELING; POWER SOURCING; PYROELECTRIC METHOD; RAPID HEATING; RATE OF CHANGE; SENSOR PERFORMANCES; SOLID-STATE METHODS; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; THERMAL TECHNIQUE; THIN MEMBRANES; TRANSDUCER EXCITATION; ULTRASONIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HEATING; PHOTORESISTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; POLYMERS; PYROELECTRICITY; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

POLYMER; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYVINYLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 49849093162     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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