Medical ultrasound applications

1997 ◽  
Vol - (08) ◽  
pp. 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
-L. -Pourcelot
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ultrasound ◽  
Ultrasound Applications

Optimization of a 100 MHz fiber optic hydrophone for medical ultrasound applications using nanometer scale gold coating.

2010 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 1865-1865
Author(s):  
Rupa Gopinath ◽  
Khushali Manseta ◽  
Vasileios Nasis ◽  
Afshin S. Daryoush ◽  
Mahmoud El‐Sherif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Nanometer Scale ◽  
Medical Ultrasound ◽  
Gold Coating ◽  
Ultrasound Applications

Development and Application of Piezoelectric Materials for Ultrasound Generation and Detection

Ultrasound ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 187-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Manbachi ◽  
Richard S C Cobbold
Keyword(s):  
Microelectromechanical Systems ◽  
Piezoelectric Effect ◽  
Piezoelectric Materials ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Medical Ultrasound ◽  
Piezoelectric Surgery ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ultrasound Applications ◽  
Acoustical Energy

The piezoelectric effect and its converse are the primary means used in biomedical ultrasound for converting acoustical energy into electrical energy and vice versa. Piezoelectricity has found many bioengineering applications ranging from ultrasound imaging and therapeutics, to piezoelectric surgery and microelectromechanical systems, and to biomedical implants with associated energy harvesting. Because of its fundamental importance to the proper functioning of most medical ultrasound systems, it is important to gain a general understanding of the effect, the history of its development and from this, an appreciation of its limitations and advantages in the generation and detection of ultrasound. This article describes the historical evolvement associated with its use in relation to most medical ultrasound applications and is intended to serve as an introduction for non-expert readers.

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