Nonlinear acoustic-power measurement based on fundamental focal axial vibration velocity for high-intensity focused ultrasound

2018 ◽  
Vol 124 (21) ◽  
pp. 214905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuzhi Li ◽  
Chenyang Tao ◽  
Qingyu Ma ◽  
Gepu Guo ◽  
Dong Zhang ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 014901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenyang Tao ◽  
Gepu Guo ◽  
Qingyu Ma ◽  
Juan Tu ◽  
Dong Zhang ◽  
...  

Ultrasonics ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. e17-e20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wende Shou ◽  
Xiaowei Huang ◽  
Shimei Duan ◽  
Rongmin Xia ◽  
Zhonglong Shi ◽  
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Author(s):  
Prasanna Hariharan ◽  
Ronald A. Robinson ◽  
Matthew R. Myers ◽  
Rupak K. Banerjee

A new, non-perturbing optical measurement technique was developed to characterize medical ultrasound fields generated by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) transducers using a phenomenon called ‘acoustic streaming’. The acoustic streaming velocity generated by HIFU transducers was measured experimentally using Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DPIV). The streaming velocity was then calculated numerically using the finite-element method. An optimization algorithm was developed to back-calculate acoustic power and intensity field by minimizing the difference between experimental and numerical streaming velocities. The intensity field and acoustic power calculated using this approach was validated with standard measurement techniques. Results showed that the inverse method was able to predict acoustic power and intensity fields within 10% of the actual value measured using standard techniques, at the low powers where standard methods can be safely applied. This technique is also potentially useful for evaluating medical ultrasound transducers at the higher power levels used in clinical practice.


Acoustics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Gergely Csány ◽  
Michael Gray ◽  
Miklós Gyöngy

A method is proposed for estimating the acoustic power output of ultrasound transducers using a two-port model with electrical impedance measurements made in three different propagation media. When evaluated for two high-intensity focused ultrasound transducers at centre frequencies between 0.50 and 3.19 MHz, the resulting power estimates exceeded acoustic estimates by 4.5–21.8%. The method was shown to be valid for drive levels producing up to 20 MPa in water and should therefore be appropriate for many HIFU (high-intensity focused ultrasound) applications, with the primary advantage of employing relatively low-cost, non-specialist materials and instrumentation.


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