Ultrasound Technology in Industry and Medicine
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Acoustics and Vibrations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2022) | Viewed by 37129
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ultrasound technique; ultrasonic transducers; ultrasonic measurements and ultrasonic diagnostics; ultrasound imaging; application of ultrasound in technology, industry, and medicine; sound production; processing of acoustic signals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
At present, the number of ultrasound applications is constantly growing in the form of new, innovative methods and devices. The use of ultrasound technologies began to spread in industry and medicine in the 1970s. Ultrasonic waves are used to detect and characterize the elastic properties of objects in any type of medium (except vacuum): gas, liquid, or solid. They have relatively low speed and effectively propagate both in the human body and in metal objects (unlike electromagnetic waves), which is a very useful feature in measurements and imaging (ultrasonic sensors, biometry, non-destructive testing, liquid and gas flow measurements, sonars, echo sounders, B-mode echography, elastography, tomography, intravascular imaging, microscopy). The safety associated with ultrasound propagation is generally high compared to X-rays, and measurements and imaging can be performed with cheaper devices than other methods. Additionally, important applications for ultrasound include micro-mechanical systems (MEMS and CMUT arrays), ultrasonic motors and sensors, as well as signal processing systems on surface waves. Ultrasonic waves can also transmit significant mechanical energy, which is used for material processing (cleaning, soldering, welding, drilling, spraying, creating emulsions, accelerating chemical reactions) and in surgery and medical therapy (cavitation cutting of tissues, drilling of bones and teeth, tartar removal, breaking down fat cells and kidney stones, thermal destruction of cancer, phonophoresis, aerosol therapy).
Topics of interest to be covered by this Special Issue include new and innovative methods and applications of ultrasound technology in industry and medicine.
Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Opieliński
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ultrasound industrial application
- ultrasound medical application
- ultrasonic measurements
- ultrasonic sensors, transducers, and arrays
- ultrasonic devices and methods
- ultrasonic signal processing systems
- ultrasonic NDT
- ultrasonic imaging
- power ultrasonics
- ultrasound in surgery and therapy