Fabrication, properties and design considerations of piezocomposite transducers for ultrasonic imaging

Author

Tandon, R.P. ; Singh, Ved ; Swami, N. Narayana ; Hans, V.K.

Author_Institution

Nat. Phys. Lab., New Delhi, India

fYear

1995

fDate

15-18 Feb 1995

Firstpage

26330

Lastpage

26696

Abstract

The piezocomposites possess better acoustic matching with human tissue. These are broad-band devices which provide axial resolution and can be made to operate at high frequencies. The present paper reports the fabrication technique adopted by the authors along with important results for 0-3 and 1-3 type piezocomposite transducer elements

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomedical ultrasonics; composite materials; design engineering; piezoelectric transducers; ultrasonic transducers; acoustic matching; axial resolution; broadband devices; human tissue; medical diagnostic imaging; medical instrumentation; piezocomposite transducer elements; piezocomposite transducers design; piezocomposite transducers fabrication; Acoustic transducers; Biomedical acoustics; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical transducers; Ceramics; Fabrication; Impedance; Piezoelectric transducers; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995 and 14th Conference of the Biomedical Engineering Society of India. An International Meeting, Proceedings of the First Regional Conference., IEEE

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2711-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RCEMBS.1995.532163

Filename

532163