Title :
Ultrasonic insonator for reflexotherapy
Author :
Adoniev, V.G. ; Belavskaya, S.V. ; Grechin, E.A. ; Dobrova, O.I. ; Lisitsyna, L.I.
Author_Institution :
NIIIP, Novosibirsk, Russia
Abstract :
Ultrasonic insonator (USI) consisting of piezoceramic plate with rigidly connected steel rod is considered. A method for acoustic signal intensity calculation is proposed. Calculated intensities are closed to experimentally measured intensities. It is shown that the insonator generates maximal signal at resonant frequencies and that the number of peaks in frequency dependence decreases when the length of the rod is decreased and it should be taken into account when designing new devices for reflexotherapy.
Keywords :
biomedical transducers; biomedical ultrasonics; piezoelectric transducers; radiation therapy; ultrasonic transducers; acoustic signal intensity; piezoceramic plate; reflexotherapy; resonant frequency; steel rod; ultrasonic insonator; Damping; Dielectric losses; Gravity; Piezoelectric materials; Propagation losses; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Signal generators; Skin; Steel;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Instrument Engineering Proceedings, 2002. APEIE 2002. 2002 6th International Conference on Actual Problems of
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7361-8
DOI :
10.1109/APEIE.2002.1075790
