超声换能器带宽对光声成像的影响

研究了不同尺寸吸收体产生的光声压的频谱特性：对于厘米量级、毫米量级和几百个微米量级的吸收体,产生光声压频谱的主要范围分别约为20～300kHz、70kHz～2．5MHz和400kHz～20MHz;讨论了不同频率范围的光声信号对重建图像的影响,低频段的光声信号能反映物体的非边界区域,而高频段的光声信号能突出物体的细微结构,尤其是物体的边界特征。提出了不同尺寸的吸收体要选用或设计不同带宽范围的探测器进行检测的方法．当探测器的带宽范围与光声压频谱范围基本吻合时,损失的频率成份较少,重建的光声图像效果较好,这一结论在仿真和实验结果中都得到了证明。实验用的光源为YAG激光器,波长为532nm,重复频率为30Hz,脉宽为7ns,探测器为针状的PVDF膜水听器,接收面积的直径为1mm。     

Micromachined high frequency PMN-PT/epoxy 1-3 composite ultrasonic annular array

This paper reports the design, fabrication, and performance of miniature micromachined high frequency PMN-PT/epoxy 1-3 composite ultrasonic annular arrays. The PMN-PT single crystal 1-3 composites were made with micromachining techniques. The area of a single crystal pillar was 9 × 9 μm. The width of the kerf among pillars was ∼5 μm and the kerfs were filled with a polymer. The composite thickness was 25 μm. A six-element annular transducer of equal element area of 0.2 mm² with 16 μm kerf widths between annuli was produced. The aperture size the array transducer is about 1.5 mm in diameter. A novel electrical interconnection strategy for high density array elements was implemented. After the transducer was attached to the electric connection board and packaged, the array transducer was tested in a pulse/echo arrangement, whereby the center frequency, bandwidth, two-way insertion loss (IL), and cross talk between adjacent elements were measured for each annulus. The center frequency was 50 MHz and −6 dB bandwidth was 90%. The average insertion loss was 19.5 dB at 50 MHz and the crosstalk between adjacent elements was about −35 dB. The micromachining techniques described in this paper are promising for the fabrication of other types of high frequency transducers, e.g. 1D and 2D arrays.     

Fabrication and comparison of PMN-PT single crystal, PZT and PZT-based 1-3 composite ultrasonic transducers for NDE applications

This paper describes fabrication and comparison of PMN-PT single crystal, PZT, and PZT-based 1-3 composite ultrasonic transducers for NDE applications. As a front matching layer between test material (Austenite stainless steel, SUS316) and piezoelectric materials, alumina ceramics was selected. The appropriate acoustic impedance of the backing materials for each transducer was determined based on the results of KLM model simulation. Prototype ultrasonic transducers with the center frequencies of approximately 2.25 and 5 MHz for contact measurement were fabricated and compared to each other. The PMN-PT single crystal ultrasonic transducer shows considerably improved performance in sensitivity over the PZT and PZT-based 1-3 composite ultrasonic transducers.     

Thickness Dependent Characteristics of High Permittivity PMN-0.32PT Single Crystal for High Frequency Medical Imaging Applications

The dielectric, piezoelectric, and acoustic properties of PMN-0.32PT (Pb(Mg(1/3)Nb(2/3)) O(3)-PbTiO(3)) single crystals were investigated as a function of sample thickness ranging from 120 to 30 μm in order to enlighten the origin of property degradation of crystals for high frequency ultrasound applications. Electromechanical coupling factor(k(t) ), clamped and free dielectric constants decreased but sound velocity increased with decreasing crystal thickness. Particularly, repoling of the PMN-PT crystals would bring about a noteworthy enhancement in electromechanical and dielectric properties, which urges the importance of PMN-PT as a promising piezoelectric material for high frequency ultrasound transducers.     

数字式超声内窥成像系统

介绍了一种采用前置微型电机的新型推拉式超声内窥镜的研制方法.在该内镜系统中,采用FPGA实现成像处理功能,运用编码激励技术以提高系统的信噪比和探测深度,使用了微型前置探头取代了目前商用超声内镜中所采用的钢丝连接以驱动换能器进行旋转扫描.该仪器在300 h的连续工作测试中能够正常运行.相较模拟成像系统,数字系统将模数转换置于信号处理的最前端,从而能够保留回声的更多信息.这使得编码激励、数字式正交解调系统获得更高的成像质量.将电机前置于探头附近,能够较外部导线牵引旋转方式获得更大的旋转稳定性、更高的超声图像质量和更长的使用寿命.     

数字式超声内窥成像系统(英文)

The development of a novel push-type ultrasonic endoscope is described in which probe rotation is accomplished by a small motor situated near the transducer. A digital FPGA-based ultrasound imaging system is implemented which uses coded excitation to increase the SNR and penetration depth, with probe rotation accomplished by a small motor situated near the transducer replacing the external motor and the long steel wire used in other ultrasonic endoscopes. The apparatus is tested continuously for 300 hours with no obvious problems. The coded excitation, digital quadrature demodulation imaging system can obtain ultrasonic images of higher quality and more information of the echo is preserved compared with the analog imaging system, because the analog digital conversion is moved to the first step of the signal processing.The digital imaging system possesses a higher SNR resulting in a sharp image. Locating the motor near the probe improves the consistency of rotational speed in comparison with external guide-wire rotation, and increases the image quality and life-span of these devices.     

复合扫描全息术及透过强散射介质三维成像研究

应用菲涅耳波带片光学扫描全息术原理,研究强散射介质中吸收体的三维成像.针对由成像物体强散射背景产生的背景噪音,提出复合扫描全息术成像方法.实验中应用这一方法,对嵌埋在浓度为1%,深度为1.7 cm的脂肪乳剂中的吸收体成像,得到了信噪比和对比度较好的再现像.在此基础上,对复合扫描全息成像系统的信噪比,对比度及分辨率等性能进行了深入的理论分析和实验测试.研究表明,与单一模式相比,复合扫描全息术在信噪比和对比度方面有较大改善,但分辨率还需进一步提高.     

基于概率加权共轭梯度算法的混凝土超声波层析成像

在混凝土层析成像中,为了提高反演的准确性和计算效率,针对共轭梯度算法提出一种加权算法——概率加权共轭梯度算法.新算法不同于常规的加权算法,权重是加在成像单元上而不是方程上.为取得较好的权重因子和较好的迭代初始值,采用IART算法的权重和迭代初始值的选取方法.模拟算例和混凝土试验均表明这种加权算法的可行性.     

Unification of 3-3-1 models

A 3-3-1 model is constructed for three families that can be embedded into a single SU(8) unified model. Assuming appropriate branching rules and symmetry-breaking pattern, a complete fermion content is found within irreducible representations of SU(8), where light Standard Model fermions, heavy 3-3-1 fermions and superheavy fermions may be distinguished.     

A Quantum Monte Carlo Study on Mixed-Spin Chains of 1/2-1/2-1-1 and 3/2-3/2 -1-1

The ground-state and thermodynamic properties of quantum mixed-spin chains of1/2-1/2-1-1and 3/2-3/2-1-1are investigated by a quantum Monte Carlo simulation with the loop-cluster algorithm. For 1/2-1/2-1-1 chain, we find it has two phases separated by an energy-gap vanishing point in the ground-state. For 3/2-3/2-1-1 chain, the numerical results show two energy-gap vanishing points isolated by different phases in its ground-state. Our calculations indicate that all these ground state phases can be understood by means of valence-bond-solid picture, and the thermodynamic behavior at finite temperatures is continuous as a function of parameterα=J2/J1.     

A Quantum Monte Carlo Study on Mixed-Spin Chains of 1／2-1／2-1-1 and 3／2-3／2-1-1

The ground-state and thermodynamic properties of quantum mixed-spin chains of 1/2-1/2-1-1 and 3/2-3/2-1-1 are investigated by a quantum Monte Carlo simulation with the loop-cluster algorithm. For 1/2-1/2-1-1 chain, we find it hastwo phases separated by an energy-gap vanishing point in the ground-state. For 3/2-3/2-1-1 chain,the numerical results show two energy-gap vanishing points isolated by different phases in its ground-state. Our calculations indicate that all these ground state phases can be understood by means of valence-bond-solid picture, and the thermodynamic behavior at finite temperatures is continuous as a function of parameter α=J2/J1.     

Transillumination Laser Computed Tomography System with Fiber-Optic-Based Coherent Detection Imaging Method - High Spatial-Resolution and Quantitative Tomographic Imaging of Highly Scattering Objects -

We recently proposed and developed a novel transillumination laser computed tomography (CT) imaging system using a fiber-optic method based on coherent detection imaging (CDI) for biomedical use. Use of optical fibers enables portability and robustness against environmental changes in a room, such as variable temperature, air-flow shifts, and unexpected vibrations. In addition, motion-artifact-free images can be obtained because measurements can be performed with the object fixed. In the present paper, we experimentally investigate in detail the fundamental imaging properties of the system, which has a spatial resolution of 500 μm, a dynamic range of approximately 120 dB, and a minimum-detectable-optical power of 10⁻¹⁴W as a result of the excellent properties of the heterodyne detection. Based on experimental observations, the proposed system can reconstruct tomographic images of highly scattering objects in the transillumination mode, similar to X-ray CT, at sub-millimeter spatial resolution and with quantitativeness. Finally, we demonstrate with experiments using a physical phantom that the imaging system possesses high resolution and quantitative imaging abilities for highly scattering objects.     

1-3型压电复合材料

1－3型压电复合材料是目前研究和应用得比较广泛的一种压电材料．本文简述了这种压电复合材料的理论模型、制作方法和实验结果；指出除了圆形PZT压电材料所具有的径向模和厚度模以外，1－3型压电复合材料还具有横向结构模．本文介绍了这种压电复合材料的特点，如低声阻抗、低介电常数、高静水压压电常数以及PZT相分布的可控制性等．这些特点有利于改善压电复合材料换能器的时间响应和空间响应．     

Electromagnetic Properties of 3D Carbon-Based Porous Structures in High Frequency Range

Russian Physics Journal - The paper presents the analysis of the electromagnetic response of three-dimensional carbon-based porous structures (carbon foam) in the microwave (26–37 GHz) and...     

Identification ofμ +-sites in the 1-2-3 compoundin the 1-2-3 compound

Possibleμ ⁺ sites have been identified by a comparison of measured spontaneous internal fields in YBa₂Cu₃O_6+δ and REBa₂Cu₃O_7−δ and of measured second moments and width of transverse field powder spectra with the corresponding calculated quantities. In the YBa₂Cu₃O₇ system only one possibleμ ⁺ site emerges at a distance of ∼1.05 A from a chain oxygen O(4) at the position (0.15(1), 0.44(1), 0.071(1)). In the system YBa₂Cu₃O₆ the only possibleμ ⁺ sites are near to an oxygen O(1) with z/c=0.133 and the same distance as above. The analysis leads also to improved valuesμ _Ho = 2.2(1)μ _B andμ _Cu = 0.67(4)μ _B and to a determination of the latters direction:μ _Cu ‖〈110〉.     

新型荧光试剂1-(8-喹啉)-3-(3,5-二溴吡啶)-三氮烯的合成及其分析应用

将具有荧光特性的8-氨基喹啉与吡啶类试剂结合,首次合成了标题化合物1-(8-喹啉)-3-(3,5-二溴吡啶)-三氮烯(QBPyT).其结构经过元素分析、红外光谱、核磁共振谱证实.研究表明,在碱性介质中,该试剂在λex/λem=248nm/496nm处产生强荧光,并且能被Sb(Ⅲ)荧光增强.基于此,建立了QBPyT测定S...     

Concerning the Landau pole in 3-3-1 models

Some 3-3-1 models predict the existence of a non-perturbative regime at the TeV scale. We study in these models and their supersymmetric extensions, the energy at which the non-perturbative limit and a Landau-like pole arise. An order of magnitude for the mass of the extra neutral vector boson, , present in these models is also obtained.Received: 12 October 2004, Revised: 1 November 2004, Published online: 21 December 2004PACS: 12.60.Cn, 12.60.Jv