A piezoelectric membrane sensor for biomedical monitoring

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 800-803

  Ono, Y ^a   Liu, Q ^b   Kobayashi, M ^c   Jen, C K ^c   Blouin, A ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomedical monitoring; Piezoelectric membrane sensor; Ultrasonic probe; Unimorph

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PULSE; BENDING SENSORS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL MONITORING; BOTTOM ELECTRODES; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITIES; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; MEMBRANE SENSORS; METALLIC MEMBRANES; PERSONAL HEALTH; PIEZOELECTRIC FILM; PIEZOELECTRIC MEMBRANES; PULSE-ECHO TECHNIQUE; ULTRASONIC PROBE; ULTRASONIC SIGNALS; UNIMORPH; WEARABLE SENSORS;

COMPOSITE FILMS; MEMBRANES; METAL FOIL; NANOCOMPOSITES; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PROBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STAINLESS STEEL; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

SENSORS;

EID: 67649375803     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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