Polyimide-based conformal ultrasound transducer array for needle guidance

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1244-1245

  Culjat, Martin O ^a   Bennett, David B ^a   Lee, Michael ^a   Brown, Elliott R ^b,c   Lee, Hua ^b,c   Grundfest, Warren S ^a   Singh, Rahul S ^b,c  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal; Flexible structures; Polyimide film; Transducer array; Ultrasound imaging system

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY ARRAYS; BACKWARD PROPAGATION; BODY SURFACE; CONFORMAL; FLEXIBLE POLYIMIDE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS; NEEDLE DETECTION; NEEDLE GUIDANCE; NEEDLE INSERTION; PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS; POLYIMIDE FILM; SILICON ISLANDS; SOFT TISSUE PHANTOMS; TRANSDUCER ARRAY; ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAYS;

FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEEDLES; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERIC FILMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77952872595     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2030270     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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