A conformal ultrasound transducer array featuring microfabricated polyimide joints

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7295, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bennett, David B ^a,b   Culjat, Martin O ^a,b,c,d   Cox, Brian P ^a,b   Dann, Aaron E ^a,b   Williams, Kimani ^d   Lee, Hua ^a,d   Brown, Elliott R ^a,d   Grundfest, Warren S ^a,b,c   Singh, Rahul S ^a,b,d  

^a Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology CASIT   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering ^*

^c Engineering IV   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

2D ultrasound array; Conformal ultrasound transducer; Flexible; Polyimide

Indexed keywords

2D ULTRASOUND ARRAY; A-CENTER; BODY SURFACE; CONFORMAL ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; EIGHT-ELEMENT LINEAR ARRAY; ELECTRO MECHANICAL COUPLING FACTORS; FLEXIBLE; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; FREQUENCY PERFORMANCE; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; MECHANICAL SCANNING; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; METAL FILM; MICROFABRICATED; NEW APPLICATIONS; PARYLENE; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; PZT; SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS; SILICON ISLANDS; SOFT TISSUE; ULTRASOUND ARRAYS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAYS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZERS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYIMIDES; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 66749114493     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815498     Document Type: Conference Paper

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