This paper presents the first volumetric images obtained using a 2D CMUT array with throughwafer via interconnects. An 8×16-element portion of a 32×64-element array flip-chip bonded onto a glass fanout chip was used in the experiments. This study experimentally demonstrates that 2D CMUT arrays can be fabricated with high yield using silicon micromachining processes, individual electrical connec...

An optimization design method was proposed for linear phased array ultrasonic imaging testing. In the method, main lobe width and the amplitude ratio of side lobe to main lobe were served as optimization objectives to judge the testing precision of phased array beam directivity. The combination of element of width and inter-element space was served as optimize parameter for the optimization obj...

An interferometric sensor based on nonmetallic silica optical fiber is presented as an ultrasonic wideband transducer for optoacoustic imaging applications. We have characterized the sensitivity of the optical fiber sensor by detecting optoacoustic signals from an optically absorbing object embedded in a tissue-mimicking phantom and have compared the signals recorded with those detected from th...

This paper presents a study of low-ultrasonic energy that can be affected to increase yeast growth. Forces of the ultrasonic stimulation in the yeast media broth, a liquid nutrient medium for the culture of yeast, produce change of liquid densities and surrounding pressure, which affect to the yeast growth. A utilized ultrasonic system including transducer of 20 kHz was varied powers and applie...

Diffuse ultrasonic backscatter measurements have been especially useful for extracting microstructural information and for detecting flaws in materials. Accurate interpretation of experimental data requires robust scattering models. Quantitative ultrasonic scattering models include components of transducer beam patterns as well as microstructural scattering information. Here, the Wigner distrib...

A fiber optic ultrasonic system is described which monitors the cure of an epoxy resin. Ultrasound is generated using a high-power optical fiber to deliver high-energy pulses of light to the prepared surface of an aluminum mold that contains the curing epoxy resin. The generated ultrasound is detected using a local fiber optic ultrasound sensor embedded in the curing epoxy resin. The system was...

The error resulting from heat conduction i the measurement ofthe ultrasonic absorption coeffcient using the transient thermoelectric method is studied analytically. An expression for the temperature increase in a tissue specimen of finite dimensions, irradiated by a focused ultrasonic transducer, isgiven as a function of spatial coordinates, time, radial and axial beam dimensions, and absorptio...

Achieving real-time photoacoustic (PA) tomography typically requires multi-element ultrasound transducer arrays and their associated multiple data acquisition (DAQ) electronics to receive PA waves simultaneously. We report the first demonstration of a photoacoustic tomography (PAT) system using optical fiber-based parallel acoustic delay lines (PADLs). By employing PADLs to introduce specific t...

Optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (OR-PAM) is an emerging technique that directly images optical absorption in tissue at high spatial resolution. To date, the majority of OR-PAM systems are based on single-focused optical excitation and ultrasonic detection, limiting the wide-field imaging speed. While 1D multifocal OR-PAM (1D-MFOR-PAM) has been developed, the potential of microlens a...

Multi-element ultrasonic transducer arrays open the possibility for rapid and flexible tomographic imaging systems. By electronic switching of the individual array elements, different schemes of reflection tomography and transmission tomography can be realized. This contribution firstly introduces general tomographic measurement principles to some detail. It then describes two multi-channel low...