A MEMS ultrasonic sensor design for early detection of ovarian cancer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7929, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Onen, Onursal ^a   Kruk, Patricia ^b   Guldiken, Rasim ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; CMUT; early detection; MEMS; Ovarian cancer; sensor; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BCL-2; CMUT; EARLY DETECTION; OVARIAN CANCERS; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; BIOSENSORS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DISEASES; INTEGRATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 79956305621     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.874718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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