Innovations in piezoelectric materials for ultrasound transducers

IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Shrout, Thomas R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COLLOIDS; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; GELATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEMS; PHOTOTRANSISTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ANNULAR ARRAYS; CELLULAR IMAGING; CERAMIC PROCESSING; CURRENT STATES; DEEP REACTION ION ETCHINGS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCES; HARMONIC IMAGING; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGH PERMITTIVITIES; HIGHER RESOLUTIONS; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MOLDING TECHNIQUES; PIEZOELECTRICS; POLYCRYSTAL LINES; POLYMER COMPOSITES; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; RELAXOR; SINGLE ELEMENTS; SMALL ANIMALS; SOL - GELS; TAPE CASTINGS; TRANSDUCER ARRAYS; ULTRAFINE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 58149486192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISAF.2008.4693822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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