Fundamental performance characterisation of high frequency piezocomposites made with net-shape viscous polymer processing for medical ultrasound transducers

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 58-61

  MacLennan, D ^a   Button, T W ^b   Elgoyhen, J ^b   Hughes, H ^b   Meggs, C ^b   Corner, G ^c   Demore C E M ^d   Cochran, S ^d   Zhang, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b APPLIED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High frequency ultrasound; Net shape processing; Piezoceramic polymer composites

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MATCHING; CERAMIC PASTES; CHARACTERISATION; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; DATA FITTINGS; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FABRICATION METHOD; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MATERIAL CHARACTERISATION; MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; MICROMOULDING; NET SHAPE PROCESSING; NET-SHAPE; NEW APPROACHES; PIEZO-CERAMICS; PIEZOCERAMIC; PIEZOCERAMIC-POLYMER COMPOSITES; PIEZOCOMPOSITE; PIEZOCOMPOSITES; PIEZOELECTRIC COUPLINGS; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTY; POLYMER COMPOSITE; THEORETICAL MODELS; VISCOUS POLYMER PROCESSING;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC WAVES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIAGNOSIS; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYMERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 67649362462     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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