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Review Article

Focused ultrasound transducer for thermal treatment

Pages 216-221 | Received 24 Sep 2014, Accepted 12 Jan 2015, Published online: 10 Mar 2015

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Figure 1. Electrical impedance of air-backed piezoceramic transducer with matching layer. Solid curve, no matching layer; chained curve, with a matching layer optimised for the power factor; dotted curve, with a conventional matching layer.

Figure 1. Electrical impedance of air-backed piezoceramic transducer with matching layer. Solid curve, no matching layer; chained curve, with a matching layer optimised for the power factor; dotted curve, with a conventional matching layer.

Figure 2. Steering focus of array transducer for thermal treatment. (A) Steering angle needed for lateral broadening of heat deposition pattern. (B) Number of waves transmitted at a time by array transducer.

Figure 2. Steering focus of array transducer for thermal treatment. (A) Steering angle needed for lateral broadening of heat deposition pattern. (B) Number of waves transmitted at a time by array transducer.

Figure 3. Electrical impedance of air-backed piezoceramic disc-shaped transducer element.

Figure 3. Electrical impedance of air-backed piezoceramic disc-shaped transducer element.

Figure 4. Electrical impedance of air-backed piezocomposite transducer element.

Figure 4. Electrical impedance of air-backed piezocomposite transducer element.

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