• New Encapsulation Concepts for Medical Ultrasound Probes – A Heat Transfer Simulation Study 

      Do, Nu Bich Duyen; Andreassen, Erik; Edwardsen, Stephen; Lifjeld, Anders; Nguyen, Hoang-Vu; Aasmundtveit, Knut; Imenes, Kristin (Chapter, 2019)
      Thermal management is important for medical ultrasound probes to maintain optimal performance, reliability, and lifetime of the devices, as well as to avoid heat-induced damage to the patients’ tissue. This paper presents ...
    • Reworkable Anisotropic Conductive Adhesive for Assembly of Medical Devices 

      Nguyen, Hoang-Vu; Kristiansen, Helge; Lifjeld, Anders; Imenes, Kristin; Aasmundtveit, Knut (Chapter, 2019)
      Reworkable anisotropic conductive adhesives (ACAs) are of interest when the material is used for the assembly of electronic modules with high value, such as in medical ultrasound probes. Commercially available ACAs are ...
    • Thermal management of an interventional medical device with double layer encapsulation 

      Do, Nu Bich Duyen; Andreassen, Erik; Edwardsen, Stephen; Lifjeld, Anders; Aasmundtveit, Knut; Nguyen, Hoang-Vu; Imenes, Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper presents a thermal study of a double-layer encapsulation for an interventional medical device, which operates temporarily inside the human esophagus for cardiac imaging. The surface temperature of test samples, ...