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Harris GR, Howard SM, Hurrell AM, Lewin PA, Schafer ME, Wear KA, Wilkens V, Zeqiri B. Hydrophone Measurements for Biomedical Ultrasound Applications: A Review. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2023; 70:85-100. [PMID: 36215339 PMCID: PMC10079648 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2022.3213185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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This article presents basic principles of hydrophone measurements, including mechanisms of action for various hydrophone designs, sensitivity and directivity calibration procedures, practical considerations for performing measurements, signal processing methods to correct for both frequency-dependent sensitivity and spatial averaging across the hydrophone sensitive element, uncertainty in hydrophone measurements, special considerations for high-intensity therapeutic ultrasound, and advice for choosing an appropriate hydrophone for a particular measurement task. Recommendations are made for information to be included in hydrophone measurement reporting.
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Duck FA. Langevin's Ultrasonic Metrology. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2023; 70:173-180. [PMID: 36374901 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2022.3222085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This article proposes that Paul Langevin should be considered the originator of ultrasonic metrology. He established the theoretical foundation for the use of radiation pressure for the measurement of acoustic power, by considering the energy density at a target in a beam. This approach was used for calibrating the ultrasonic transducers he helped to develop for submarine detection and underwater communications during the First World War (WWI). Within a decade, he developed two calibrated devices to measure acoustic power and average intensity, a torsion balance, and the first electronic power meter. He patented a piezoelectric non-resonant quartz hydrophone and a quartz probe to explore transducer surface vibration. Design criteria for the instruments included a rugged design that could allow measurements to be carried out not only in the laboratory but also at sea. Langevin was also influential in establishing an ultrasonics transducer laboratory in Toulon in 1923 where these instruments were used. New quartz pulse-echo transducer designs were developed and evaluated there, and performance certification was provided for manufactured transducers for both naval and civil systems. Early workers in ultrasonics recognized Langevin's original and pioneering contributions, which were the enabling technology for modern ultrasonic metrology.
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Rajagopal S, de Melo Baesso R, Miloro P, Zeqiri B. Dissemination of the Acoustic Pascal: The Role and Experiences of a National Metrology Institute. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2023; 70:101-111. [PMID: 36112557 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2022.3207277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Hydrophones are pivotal measurement devices ensuring medical ultrasound acoustic exposures comply with the relevant national and international safety criteria. These devices have enabled the spatial and temporal distribution of key safety parameters to be determined in an objective and standardized way. Generally based on piezoelectric principles of operation, to convert generated voltage waveforms to acoustic pressure, they require calibration in terms of receive sensitivity, expressed in units of [Formula: see text]Pa-1. Reliable hydrophone calibration with associated uncertainties plays a key role in underpinning a measurement framework that ensures exposure measurements are comparable and traceable to internationally agreed units, irrespective of where they are carried out globally. For well over three decades, the U.K. National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has provided calibrations to the user community covering the frequency range 0.1-60 MHz, traceable to a primary realization of the acoustic pascal through optical interferometry. Typical uncertainties for sensitivity are 6%-22% (for a coverage factor k = 2), degrading with frequency. The article specifically focuses on the dissemination of the acoustic pascal through NPL's calibration services that are based on a comparison with secondary standard hydrophones previously calibrated using the NPL primary standard. The work demonstrates the stability of the employed dissemination protocols by presenting representative calibration histories on a selection of commercially available hydrophones. Results reaffirm the guidance provided within international standards for regular calibration of a hydrophone in order to underpin measurement confidence. The process by which internationally agreed realizations of the acoustic pascal are compared and validated through key comparisons (KCs) is also described.
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Iranmanesh E, Li W, Zhou H, Wang K. A System-Level Approach towards a Hybrid Energy Harvesting Glove. Sensors (Basel) 2021; 21:5349. [PMID: 34450791 DOI: 10.3390/s21165349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This paper presents a novel wearable hybrid harvester system as a glove that contains four distinct scavenging modules of flexible transducer film, photosensitive 3D dual-gate thin-film transistor, and a particular power management box. Each single module is formed by a piezoelectric-charge-gated TFT (PCGTFT). The reported system is capable of scavenging energy from two various free of charge energy sources (Piezoelectric plus Photoelectric). Aforesaid system unlike other state-of-the-arts overcomes several key challenges in interfacing, storage and power management. Harvested energy which is administered through power and storage management system ultimately lightens a typical light emitting diode (LED), testifies capability of such glove to power up some low-power electronic devices.
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Martin E, Treeby B. Investigation of the repeatability and reproducibility of hydrophone measurements of medical ultrasound fields. J Acoust Soc Am 2019; 145:1270. [PMID: 31067926 DOI: 10.1121/1.5093306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Accurate measurements of acoustic pressure are required for characterisation of ultrasonic transducers and for experimental validation of models of ultrasound propagation. Errors in measured pressure can arise from a variety of sources, including variations in the properties of the source and measurement equipment, calibration uncertainty, and processing of measured data. In this study, the repeatability of measurements made with four probe and membrane hydrophones was examined. The pressures measured by these hydrophones in three different ultrasound fields, with both linear and nonlinear, pulsed and steady state driving conditions, were compared to assess the reproducibility of measurements. The coefficient of variation of the focal peak positive pressure was less than 2% for all hydrophones across five repeated measurements. When comparing hydrophones, pressures measured in a spherically focused 1.1 MHz field were within 7% for all except 1 case, and within 10% for a broadband 5 MHz pulse from a diagnostic linear array. Larger differences of up to 55% were observed between measurements of a tightly focused 3.3 MHz field, which were reduced for some hydrophones by the application of spatial averaging corrections. Overall, the major source of these differences was spatial averaging and uncertainty in the complex frequency response of the hydrophones.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Melilli G, Lairez D, Gorse D, Garcia-Caurel E, Peinado A, Cavani O, Boizot B, Clochard MC. Conservation of the piezoelectric response of PVDF films under irradiation. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Focused ultrasound (FUS) shows great promise for use in the area of transcranial therapy. Currently dependent on MRI for monitoring, transcranial FUS would benefit from a real-time technique to monitor acoustic emissions during therapy. A polyvinylidene fluoride receiver with an active area of 17.8 mm (2) and a film thickness of 110 mum was constructed. A compact preamplifier was designed to fit within the receiver to improve the receiver SNR and allow the long transmission line needed to remove the receiver electronics outside of the MRI room. The receiver was compared with a 0.5 mm commercial needle hydrophone and focused and unfocused piezoceramics. The receiver was found to have a higher sensitivity than the needle hydrophone, a more wideband response than the piezoceramic, and sufficient threshold for detection of microbubble emissions. Sonication of microbubbles directly and through a fragment of human skull demonstrated the ability of the receiver to detect harmonic bubble emissions, and showed potential for use in a larger scale array. Monitoring of disruption of the blood-brain barrier in rats showed functionality in vivo and the ability to detect subharmonic, harmonic, and wideband emissions during therapy. The receiver shows potential for monitoring acoustic emissions during treatments and providing additional parameters to assist treatment planning. Future work will focus on developing a multi-element array for transcranial treatment monitoring.
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- Meaghan A O'Reilly
- Department of Imaging Research, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON M4N3M5, Canada.
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The last 25 years has seen a number of significant developments in the establishment of a measurement infrastructure supporting medical applications of ultrasound. This has allowed manufacturers and users of medical ultrasonic equipment to undertake and compare measurements of key parameters describing the magnitude or strength of the applied ultrasonic field in a meaningful and traceable way: for equipment development, standards compliance, and quality assurance purposes. This paper describes the current state of the art for measurement techniques used to determine the key properties of an ultrasonic field, principally acoustic pressure and acoustic power. Measurement tools and methodologies are described in detail, alongside considerations of how these are likely to develop, shaped by user need. The way that these measurement methods underpin a range of international and national specification standards enabling equipment manufacturers to demonstrate that their equipment is safe and fit for purpose is covered.
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- B Zeqiri
- Quality of Life Division, National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex.
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Chinaglia DL, Gregorio R, Stefanello JC, Pisani Altafim RA, Wirges W, Wang F, Gerhard R. Influence of the solvent evaporation rate on the crystalline phases of solution-cast poly(vinylidene fluoride) films. J Appl Polym Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/app.31488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Wilkens V, Molkenstruck W. Broadband PVDF membrane hydrophone for comparisons of hydrophone calibration methods up to 140 MHz. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2007; 54:1784-1791. [PMID: 17941384 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2007.462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A PVDF membrane hydrophone has been constructed in particular for comparisons of broadband ultrasound hydrophone calibration methods and of the results obtained by different laboratories. Intercomparisons have to accompany the efforts currently undertaken to enhance the calibration frequency ranges and to implement the extension from the determination of amplitude-only to complex-valued calibration data. It can be expected that such hydrophone data will be used much more frequently in the future for exposure measurements on medical ultrasound equipment, in particular for the detection of nonlinearly distorted waveforms. The hydrophone design chosen has a foil thickness of 9 microm and an electrode diameter of 210 microm. A broadband differential preamplifier (-3 dB roll-off frequency: 95 MHz) is integrated to achieve a high signal-to-noise ratio over a broad frequency range (e.g., 26 dB-30 dB in the range 50 MHz to 140 MHz for measurements of nonlinearly distorted pulses). The hydrophone response was characterized by means of a primary interferometric calibration technique, by substitution calibration using time-delay spectrometry, and by complex broadband pulse calibration using nonlinear sound propagation. The results show a flat frequency response up to 40 MHz (maximum variations below +/-0.6 dB) and a thickness mode resonance at about 105 MHz. They indicate a useable bandwidth up to 140 MHz. The effective diameter as derived from directional response measurements is 240 microm at frequencies beyond 15 MHz.
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- Volker Wilkens
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Department 1.6: Sound, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
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This paper provides a review of current metrological capability applied to the characterisation of the acoustic output of equipment used within medical ultrasonic applications. Key measurement devices, developed to underpin metrology in this area, are the radiation force balance, used to determine total output power, and the piezo-electric hydrophone, used to resolve the spatial and temporal distribution of acoustic pressure. The measurement infrastructure in place within the United Kingdom ensuring users are able to carry out traceable measurements of these quantities in a meaningful way, is described. This includes the relevant primary standards, the way international equivalence of national standards is demonstrated and the routes by which the standards are disseminated to the user community. Emerging measurement techniques that may in future lead to improved measurement capability, are also briefly discussed.
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- Bajram Zeqiri
- Acoustics Team, Quality of Life Division, National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK.
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Huttunen T, Kaipio JP, Hynynen K. Modeling of anomalies due to hydrophones in continuous-wave ultrasound fields. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2003; 50:1486-1500. [PMID: 14682632 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2003.1251132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Needle and spot-poled membrane hydrophones using polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) sensors are widely used for characterization of biomedical ultrasound fields. It is known that, in measurements of continuous-wave (CW) fields, standing waves may be generated between the transducer and the hydrophone, distorting the field and possibly alternating the signal of the hydrophone. This study uses a three-dimensional, full-wave method to computationally simulate the distortion in the CW field caused by needle and membrane hydrophones. The physical model used in simulations is based on the linear time-harmonic wave equation, which therefore neglects the effects of nonlinear wave propagation. The significance of the distortion is examined by comparing fields emitted by 0.5-5.0 MHz planar circular transducers in the absence and presence of the hydrophones. In addition, the effect of the field distortions on the signal of the hydrophones is studied with simulated measurements. The simulations showed an observable standing wave pattern between the source and the needle hydrophone if the diameter of the needle was larger than a half of the wavelength. However, the standing waves had no clear effect on the signal of the hydrophone. The presence of membrane hydrophone in the CW field generated notable standing waves. Furthermore, the standing waves caused a periodic distortion to the signal of the membrane hydrophone.
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- Tomi Huttunen
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Kuopio, Finland.
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Wilkens V. Characterization of an optical multilayer hydrophone with constant frequency response in the range from 1 to 75 MHz. J Acoust Soc Am 2003; 113:1431-8. [PMID: 12656378 DOI: 10.1121/1.1553457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The performance of an optical multilayer hydrophone for ultrasound measurements is investigated both in theoretical terms and experimentally. The optical measurement system comprises a thin high-finesse dielectric interference filter structure that is deposited onto a plane glass plate. An incident acoustic pressure wave deforms the layer system, and the induced variation of the optical reflectance is determined. Applying the concept of an optical off-axis detection scheme offers good sensitivity and a simple and low-cost setup. A primary interferometric calibration technique is applied to experimentally determine the pressure-voltage transfer function in the range from 1 to 75 MHz. Within the measurement uncertainty a constant transfer factor is obtained for the whole frequency range. Measurements of broadband ultrasound pulses are influenced neither by acoustic resonances of the very thin sensing element nor by diffraction phenomena that are known to cause waveform distortions in small probe hydrophone measurements. High temporal and spatial resolution is combined with high durability of the probe, which is why the optical multilayer hydrophone is well suited for use as a reference for secondary hydrophone calibration.
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- Volker Wilkens
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Fachlabor Ultraschall, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
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