Couplants in acoustic biosensing systems

R Manwar, L Saint-Martin, K Avanaki - Chemosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Acoustic biosensors are widely used in physical, chemical, and biosensing applications.
One of the major concerns in acoustic biosensing is the delicacy of the medium through …

Comparative study of raw ultrasound data representations in deep learning to classify hepatic steatosis

SJ Sanabria, AM Pirmoazen, J Dahl, A Kamaya… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Adiposity accumulation in the liver is an early-stage indicator of non-alcoholic fatty liver
disease. Analysis of ultrasound (US) backscatter echoes from liver parenchyma with deep …

Miniature fiber-optic high-intensity focused ultrasound device using a candle soot nanoparticles-polydimethylsiloxane composites-coated photoacoustic lens

Y Li, Z Guo, G Li, SL Chen - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We present a miniature fiber-optic ultrasound transmitter for generating high-intensity
focused ultrasound (HIFU) based on photoacoustic transduction. The HIFU device consists …

Novel processing algorithm to improve detectability of disbonds in adhesive dissimilar material joints

D Smagulova, L Mazeika, E Jasiuniene - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Adhesively bonded dissimilar materials have attracted high interest in the aerospace and
automotive industries due to their ability to provide superior structural characteristics and …

Ultrasonic through-transmission measurements of human musculoskeletal and fat properties

D Bi, L Shi, C Liu, B Li, Y Li, LH Le, J Luo… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2023 - Elsevier
The study described here was aimed at investigating the feasibility of using the ultrasonic
through-transmission technique to estimate human musculoskeletal and fat properties. Five …

Spatially variant ultrasound attenuation mapping using a regularized linear least-squares approach

J Birdi, J D'hooge, A Bertrand - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantitative ultrasound methods aim to estimate the acoustic properties of the underlying
medium, such as the attenuation and backscatter coefficients, and have applications in …

Ultrasonography validation for early alteration of diaphragm echodensity and function in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A Mele, P Mantuano, A Fonzino, F Rana… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy is characterized by functional and
structural alterations of the diaphragm since early stages of pathology, closely resembling …

Multiphysical numerical study of photothermal therapy of glioblastoma with photoacoustic temperature monitoring in a mouse head

A Capart, K Metwally, C Bastiancich… - Biomedical optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
This paper presents a multiphysical numerical study of a photothermal therapy performed on
a numerical phantom of a mouse head containing a glioblastoma. The study has been …

Laser-generated focused ultrasound transducer using a perforated photoacoustic lens for tissue characterization

J Heo, D Biswas, KK Park, D Son, HJ Park… - Biomedical optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a laser-generated focused ultrasound (LGFU) transducer using a
perforated-photoacoustic (PA) lens and a piezoelectric probe hydrophone suitable for high …

Characterization of unmodified and modified apricot kernel shell/epoxy resin biocomposites by ultrasonic wave velocities

I Oral, S Kocaman, G Ahmetli - Polymer Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
The main goal of this research was to develop highly durable, low-cost eco-friendly
biocomposites from apricot kernel shell (AKS) wastes and ultrasonic characterization of AKS …