Piezoelectric single crystal ultrasonic transducers for biomedical applications

Progress in Materials Science

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-111

  Zhou, Qifa ^a   Lam, Kwok Ho ^b   Zheng, Hairong ^c   Qiu, Weibao ^c   Shung, K Kirk ^a  

^a NIH Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Single crystal; Ultrasonic transducer

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BLOOD FLOW MEASUREMENT; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING; PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTY; PIEZOELECTRIC SINGLE CRYSTALS; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 84904019726     PISSN: 00796425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2014.06.001     Document Type: Review

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