ArticleSensors and actuators. A, Physical2015
Angled-focused 45 MHz PMN-PT single element transducer for intravascular ultrasound imaging.
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- Development of High-Frequency (>60 MHz) Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Transducer by Using Asymmetric Electrodes for Improved Beam Profile.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- A 40-MHz Ultrasound Transducer with an Angled Aperture for Guiding Percutaneous Revascularization of Chronic Total Occlusion: A Feasibility Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- A 35 MHz/105 MHz Dual-Element Focused Transducer for Intravascular Ultrasound Tissue Imaging Using the Third Harmonic.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- A High Frequency Geometric Focusing Transducer Based on 1-3 Piezocomposite for Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging.BioMed research international · 2017Article
- Direct and sustained intracellular delivery of exogenous molecules using acoustic-transfection with high frequency ultrasound.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Impedance matching network for high frequency ultrasonic transducer for cellular applications.Ultrasonics · 2016Article
- Dual-element needle transducer for intravascular ultrasound imaging.Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.) · 2015Article
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Abstract
A transducer with an angled and focused aperture for intravascular ultrasound imaging has been developed. The acoustic stack for the angled-focused transducer was made of PMN-PT single crystal with one matching layer, one protective coating layer, and a highly damped backing layer. It was then press-focused to a desired focal length and inserted into a thin needle housing with an angled tip. A transducer with an angled and unfocused aperture was also made, following the same fabrication procedure, to compare the performance of the two transducers. The focused and unfocused transducers were tested to measure their center frequencies, bandwidths, and spatial resolutions. Lateral resolution of the angled-focused transducer (AFT) improved more than two times compared to that of the angled-unfocused transducer (AUT). A tissue-mimicking phantom in water and a rabbit aorta tissue sample in rabbit blood were scanned using AFT and AUT. Imaging with AFT offered improved contrast, over imaging with AUT, of the tissue-mimicking phantom and the rabbit aorta tissue sample by 23 dB and 8 dB, respectively. The results show that AFT has strong potential to provide morphological and pathological information of coronary arteries with high resolution and high contrast.
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