Title :
4F-3 Piezoelectric Single Crystal for Medical Ultrasound Transducer
Author :
Rhim, Sung Min ; Jung, Ho
Author_Institution :
Humanscan Co. Ltd., Kyunggi
Abstract :
This review paper introduces piezoelectric single crystal and medical ultrasound transducer using single crystal. The overview is about piezoelectric single crystal properties and it´s limitation for high frequency applications, and commercialization status of medical ultrasound transducer using single crystal and the next step of single crystal transducer.
Keywords :
biomedical transducers; biomedical ultrasonics; piezoelectric materials; piezoelectric transducers; ultrasonic transducers; high frequency applications; medical ultrasound transducer; piezoelectric single crystal; single crystal transducer; Biomedical transducers; Ceramics; Commercialization; Crystal microstructure; Frequency; Nonhomogeneous media; Piezoelectric materials; Piezoelectric transducers; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium, 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1384-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1051-0117
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.86
