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Boundary element simulation of backscattering properties for red blood with high frequency ultrasonic transducers |
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| Authors: | Wu Shih-Jeh Kuo Ihyuan Shung K Kirk |
| Institution: | a Mechanical Engineering Department, I-Shou University, 1, Section 1, Hsueh-Cheng Road, Ta-Hsu Hsiang, Kaohsiung 840, Taiwan, ROC b LeDron Technology Corporation, Chiayi 608, Taiwan c Bioengineering Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1451, USA |
| Abstract: | High frequency ultrasonic imaging (e.g. >30 MHz) from blood is difficult due to its tenuous backscattered pressure and the interference from adjacent tissues as well. To increase the sensitivity focused transducer has to be used, thus raising the complexity of interpreting the received signals. A numerical simulation of the ultrasonic scattering property from erythrocyte and rouleaux based on boundary element method was performed with experimental results based on a modified substitution method. The results (proportional relationship between backscattered pressure and frequency and the frequency limit for Rayleigh scattering) closely coincide with experimental data for erythrocyte. Rouleaux model results also show the dependence of degree of red cell aggregation on backscattering properties. The boundary element method serves as a good means to calculate the acoustic scattering from blood cells under arbitrary incident waves. |
| Keywords: | Focused ultrasonic transducer Red blood cells Boundary element method |
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