Development of a Low-Frequency Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Transducer for Biological Tissue Sonication

The safety of ultrasound exposure is very important for a patient's well-being. High-frequency (1-10 MHz) ultrasound waves are highly absorbed by biological tissue and have limited therapeutic effects on internal organs. This article presents the results of the development and application of a...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-03, Vol.23 (7), p.3608
Main Authors: Ostasevicius, Vytautas, Jurenas, Vytautas, Mikuckyte, Sandra, Vezys, Joris, Stankevicius, Edgaras, Bubulis, Algimantas, Venslauskas, Mantas, Kizauskiene, Laura
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Language:English
Subjects:
acoustic intensity
Acoustic waves
Acoustics
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
deep penetration
Digital twins
Equipment Design
Experiments
FEM
Health aspects
higher vibration mode
Humans
Hyperthermia
Medical research
Pressure distribution
Propagation
Sonication
targeted acoustic wave
Transducers
Twins
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonic transducers
Ultrasonics
Ultrasonography
Vibration
Vibration mode
Virtual reality
Well being
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Summary:The safety of ultrasound exposure is very important for a patient's well-being. High-frequency (1-10 MHz) ultrasound waves are highly absorbed by biological tissue and have limited therapeutic effects on internal organs. This article presents the results of the development and application of a low-frequency (20-100 kHz) ultrasonic transducer for sonication of biological tissues. Using the methodology of digital twins, consisting of virtual and physical twins, an ultrasonic transducer has been developed that emits a focused ultrasound signal that penetrates into deeper biological tissues. For this purpose, the ring-shaped end surface of this transducer is excited not only by the main longitudinal vibrational mode, which is typical of the flat end surface transducers used to date, but also by higher mode radial vibrations. The virtual twin simulation shows that the acoustic signal emitted by the ring-shaped transducer, which is excited by a higher vibrational mode, is concentrated into a narrower and more precise acoustic wave that penetrates deeper into the biological tissue and affects only the part of the body to be treated, but not the whole body.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s23073608