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80 MHz Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Transducer
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80 MHz Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Transducer

Xiang Li, Wei Wu, Youngsoo Chung, Wan Y. Shih, Wei-Heng Shih, Qifa Zhou, K. Kirk Shung and IEEE
2011 IEEE INTERNATIONAL ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM (IUS), pp 222-225
01 Jan 2011

Abstract

Engineering Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Science & Technology Technology
[Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3]0.63[PbTiO3]0.37 (PMN-PT) free-standing film of comparable piezoelectric properties to bulk material with thickness of 30 mu m has been fabricated using a modified precursor coating approach. At 1 kHz, the dielectric permittivity and loss were 4,364 and 0.033, respectively. The remnant polarization and coercive field were 28 mu C/cm(2) and 18.43 kV/cm. The electromechanical coupling coefficient k(t) was measured to be 0.55, which was close to that of bulk PMN-PT single crystal material. Based on this film, high frequency (82 MHz) miniature ultrasonic transducers were fabricated with 65% bandwidth and 23 dB insertion loss. Axial and lateral resolutions were determined to be as high as 35 mu m and 176 mu m. In vitro intravascular imaging on healthy rabbit aorta and human coronary artery was performed from the thin film transducers. In comparison with a 35 MHz IVUS transducer, the 80 MHz one showed superior resolution and contrast with satisfactory penetration depth. The imaging results suggest that PMN-PT free-standing thin film technology is a feasible and efficient way in fabricating very high frequency ultrasonic transducers.

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