Simulation and construction of an ultrasonic transducer applied to blood flow detection

Author

Domínguez, Israel Sánchez ; Contla, Pedro Acevedo ; Contreras, Juan Antonio ; Cruz, Martín Fuentes

Author_Institution

DISCA, Univ. Nac. Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

fYear

2011

fDate

March 28 2011-April 1 2011

Firstpage

144

Lastpage

147

Abstract

The simulation and construction of a novel ultrasonic transducer for medical application are presented. The process starts with the simulation, using the necessary components involved in the construction of the transducer. The Finite Element Method (FEM) was used as a software tool in the simulation. Once the simulation was ready the transducer was constructed. Some important aspects in the construction process and performance tests are described. Previous research work in this area, carried out in our laboratory, has allowed to improve our designs, producing transducers with a better performance in the medical field.

Keywords

biomedical transducers; biomedical ultrasonics; finite element analysis; ultrasonic transducers; blood flow detection; construction process; finite element method; medical application; performance tests; software tool; ultrasonic transducer; Conferences; Couplings; Finite element methods; IEEE catalog; Materials; Medical services; Transducers; FEM; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE), 2011 Pan American

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeiro

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-915-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAHCE.2011.5871867

Filename

5871867