TY - JOUR
T1 - Advanced piezoelectric materials for medical ultrasound transducers
AU - Hackenberger, Wesley
AU - Rehrig, Paul W.
AU - Ritter, Timothy
AU - Shrout, Thomas
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - A number of materials have recently been developed specifically for advanced ultrasound applications. These are high-density ceramics, fine grain ceramics, high dielectric constant ceramics, and single crystal piezoelectrics. Improvements in properties resulting from these materials range from greater strength and improved machinability to increased transducer element capacitance and coupling. The resulting transducer advances include high frequency arrays (>20MHz), high sensitivity 1.5 and 2-D phased arrays, and broadband (>100%) arrays.
AB - A number of materials have recently been developed specifically for advanced ultrasound applications. These are high-density ceramics, fine grain ceramics, high dielectric constant ceramics, and single crystal piezoelectrics. Improvements in properties resulting from these materials range from greater strength and improved machinability to increased transducer element capacitance and coupling. The resulting transducer advances include high frequency arrays (>20MHz), high sensitivity 1.5 and 2-D phased arrays, and broadband (>100%) arrays.
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U2 - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2001.991911
DO - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2001.991911
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035732676
SN - 1051-0117
VL - 2
SP - 1101
EP - 1104
JO - Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium
JF - Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium
ER -