包膜超声造影微泡次谐波特性的优化设计与实验研究

基于包膜超声造影微泡在超声场中的理论振动模型,对其次谐波特性进行优化设计,从理论上计算和分析了微泡粒径、膜弹性及声压等对微泡次谐波响应的影响,以期获得其用于非破坏性次谐波成像的最佳条件。另外通过改变膜材料的配比,制备了具有不同膜弹性的超声造影微泡,对其声学特性进行了体外声学实验测定。仿真计算和实验结果表明,在合适的膜材料配比条件下,制得的平均粒径为3μm左右的包膜微泡,可获得满意的次谐波响应,并且其用于非破坏性次谐波成像时的最佳工作声压约200~400 kPa。     

Optimal design and experimental investigation of surfactant encapsulated microbubbles

The diagnostic capabilities of ultrasound imaging can be improved with contrast-specific nonlinear imaging modalities such as harmonic and subharmonic imaging. The nonlinear response of an encapsulated microbubble in an acoustic field is strongly influenced by the shell viscoelastic properties that are determined by the shell composition and thickness. In this paper, the subharmonic performance of a surfactant encapsulated microbubble was optimized by choosing the appropriate composition of shell material with the aid of theoretical model. To study the effects of viscoelastic properties of microbubble shell materials on the nonlinear scattered response of microbubbles, a theoretical model-modified Herring equation for the oscillation of encapsulated microbubbles in the ultrasound field was employed. Based on this model, a computer aided design system was developed to optimize and analyze the acoustic properties, particularly subharmonic responses, of microbubbles under different shell parameters. Furthermore, surfactant encapsulated microbubbles with different viscoelastic properties were prepared by changing the shell composition. Their shell viscoelastic behavior was measured indirectly as dilational modulus of monolayer film formed with surfactant molecular. Moreover, in vitro quantitative acoustic properties measurements of these microbubbles were carried out to evaluate their subharmonic performance. Both of the theoretical simulation and acoustic measurement showed that the surfactant encapsulated microbubbles with good subharmonic properties could be designed and prepared by adjusting the shell material composition with the guide of the computer aided design system.     

观测包膜微泡在超声场中的动力学行为

运用长距离显微成像系统与锁相积分拍摄技术相结合的方法, 拍到了单个造影剂微泡在两种不同频率和不同声压下的周期性振动图像. 根据这些图像得到了微泡直径的实验数据, 并分别用Hoff模型和Rayleigh-Plesset模型对数据进行拟合, 并对数据进行了频谱分析. 结果表明:Hoff模型对实验数据的拟合结果优于Rayleigh-Plesset模型的拟合结果; 二次谐波的相对强度随着声压幅度的升高而增大. 关键词： 包膜微泡 锁相积分拍摄方法 频谱     

Dynamical model of encapsulated gas microbubble under ultrasound based on elastic mechanics

Based on the theory of elastic mechanics, a dynamical model of an encapsulated gas microbubble under ultrasound is presented. The dynamical motion of the microbubble is divided into three states: buckled, elastic, and ruptured. The model describes the compression-only behavior appropriately and derives the transient variation of the resonance frequency of the damped oscillation and the relation between the critical rupture radius and initial outer radius. The normal stress in the tangential direction plays the principal role in the rupture and buckling of the encapsulating shell, resulting in likely rupture for a larger microbubble and resistance to rupture for a thicker-shell microbubble. Comparison of proposed dynamical model with Marmottant’s model has been given. The dynamical model can be employed in ultrasound medical diagnostics and therapy of drug incorporation or extravasation through further understanding the influence of the encapsulating shell.     

Mathematical modeling of microbubble cavitation at 70 kHz and the importance of the subharmonic in drug delivery from micelles

In order to gain insight into the experimental observation of ultrasound-induced release of drugs from micelles, we modeled the dynamic oscillations of a 10-μm-diameter bubble insonated at 70 kHz. The Parlitz modification of the Keller–Miksis model was employed to generate bubble dynamics over a wide range of mechanical index values. The resulting Poincaré maps and bifurcation diagram show that bubble oscillations bifurcate at a MI value of 0.32, then return apparently to a single mode before displaying a sudden onset of chaotic behavior at 0.35. The experimental release of drug from micelles occurs at a MI value of 0.37 and correlates with the intensity of the subharmonic in (μW/cm²) of the acoustic spectrum. The dynamic model shows the return to single mode at a MI value of 0.43, and bifurcation leading to chaos at values above 0.5. The correlation between the chaotic behavior predicted by the model and drug release hints at insonation conditions that could facilitate drug delivery.     

Finite element modeling of acoustic scattering from an encapsulated microbubble near rigid boundary

This article proposes a finite element model (FEM) for predicting the acoustic scattering from an encapsulated microbubble near rigid boundary. The validity of the model is first examined by comparing the acoustic nonlinear response of a free microbubble with that obtained by the Church model. Then this model is used to investigate the effect of the rigid boundary on acoustic scattering signals from microbubble. The results indicate that the resonance frequency decreases while the oscillation amplitude increases as the microbubble approaches the rigid boundary. In addition, the fundamental component of the acoustic scattering signal is enhanced compared with that of the free microbubble.     

吉瓦级强流相对论多注电子束二极管的优化设计与实验研究

多注相对论速调管放大器可在较高的工作频段实现GW级功率微波产生,在很多领域得到了发展和应用.多注相对论速调管中强流相对论多注电子束相互之间存在空间电磁场的作用,使得多注电子束从二极管引入多注漂移管,以及在多注漂移管中的传输运动受到影响,导致电子束会轰击到管壁上,早期实验中多注电子束的传输通过率较低.本文对功率数GW的强...     

Effect of an elastic wall on the dynamics of an encapsulated microbubble: A simulation study

The purpose of the present simulation study is to reveal how confining surfaces with different mechanical properties affect the acoustic response of a contrast agent microbubble. To this end, numerical simulations are carried out for three types of walls: a plastic (OptiCell) wall, an aluminium wall, and a biological tissue. For each wall, the behaviour of contrast microbubbles of three sizes is investigated. The spectral characteristics of the scattered pressure produced by the microbubbles are compared for two cases: the bubble oscillates far away from the wall and the same bubble oscillates in the immediate vicinity of the wall. The results of the simulations allow one to make the following main conclusions. The effect of the OptiCell wall on the acoustic bubble response is stronger than that of the aluminium and tissue walls. Changes in the bubble response near the wall are stronger when bubbles are excited above their resonance frequency. Considering changes in the fundamental and the 2nd harmonic with respect to the peak values of these components at different bubble radii, it is found that the changes are stronger for smaller bubbles and that the changes in the 2nd harmonic are stronger than those in the fundamental. These results allow one to gain an insight into conditions under which the effect of an elastic wall on the acoustic response of a contrast agent microbubble is easier to be detected.     

Finite-bandwidth Kramers-Kronig relations for acoustic group velocity and attenuation derivative applied to encapsulated microbubble suspensions

Kramers-Kronig (KK) analyses of experimental data are complicated by the conflict between the inherently bandlimited data and the requirement of KK integrals for a complete infinite spectrum of input information. For data exhibiting localized extrema, KK relations can provide accurate transforms over finite bandwidths due to the local-weighting properties of the KK kernel. Recently, acoustic KK relations have been derived for the determination of the group velocity (cg) and the derivative of the attenuation coefficient (alpha') (components of the derivative of the acoustic complex wave number). These relations are applicable to bandlimited data exhibiting resonant features without extrapolation or unmeasured parameters. In contrast to twice-subtracted finite-bandwidth KK predictions for phase velocity and attenuation coefficient (components of the undifferentiated wave number), these more recently derived relations for cg and alpha' provide stricter tests of causal consistency because the resulting shapes are invariant with respect to subtraction constants. The integrals in these relations can be formulated so that they only require the phase velocity and attenuation coefficient data without differentiation. Using experimental data from suspensions of encapsulated microbubbles, the finite-bandwidth KK predictions for cg and alpha' are found to provide an accurate mapping of the primary wave number quantities onto their derivatives.     

Microstreaming velocity field and shear stress created by an oscillating encapsulated microbubble near a cell membrane

Sonoporation mediated by microbubbles is being extensively studied as a promising technology to facilitate gene/drug delivery to cells. However, the theoretical study regarding the mechanisms involved in sonoporation is still in its infancy. Microstreaming generated by pulsating microbubble near the cell membrane is regarded as one of the most important mechanisms in the sonoporation process. Here, based on an encapsulated microbubble dynamic model with considering nonlinear rheological effects of both shell elasticity and viscosity, the microstreaming velocity field and shear stress generated by an oscillating microbubble near the cell membrane are theoretically simulated. Some factors that might affect the behaviors of microstreaming are thoroughly investigated, including the distance between the bubble center and cell membrane (d), shell elasticity (χ), and shell viscosity (κ). The results show that (i) the presence of cell membrane can result in asymmetric microstreaming velocity field, while the constrained effect of the membrane wall decays with increasing the bubble-cell distance; (ii) the bubble resonance frequency increases with the increase in d and χ, and the decrease in κ, although it is more dominated by the variation of shell elasticity; and (iii) the maximal microstreaming shear stress on the cell membrane increases rapidly with reducing the d, χ, and κ. The results suggest that microbubbles with softer and less viscous shell materials might be preferred to achieve more efficient sonoporation outcomes, and it is better to have bubbles located in the immediate vicinity of the cell membrane.     

调频激励增强微气泡的次谐波理论和实验研究

超声造影剂的次谐波成像可以提高造影组织比，提供更好的图像质量. 提出一种利用调频脉冲激励以增强造影剂微气泡产生的次谐波新方法. 基于修正的Church方程，从理论上讨论了次谐波的产生与调频激励声压的关系及产生阈值，并且实验证实了优化调频信号的带宽及调频时间可以提高次谐波信号幅度及改善主瓣和旁瓣特性. 理论与实验表明，与传统脉冲信号激励相比，调频信号激励产生的次谐波幅度可提高约22dB. 关键词： 调频激励 超声造影剂 微气泡 次谐波     

显微摄影装置的优化设计

本文是作者根据图片资料对国外先进的显微摄影装置进行“反求”价值分析后，自主地设计出达到或优于国外同类产品的小结，其中包括了无限远像距光学系统的创新应用。可见在工程光学设计中运用价值工程这一先进的管理技术与思想方法也是大有可为的。     

扬声器的优化设计

基于有限元法发展了扬声器的计算机辅助设计，由此分析了扬声器的振动特征，讨论了各参数对扬声器振动及声辐射的影响，最后地其声压频响的优化措施作了探讨。     

Optimal design of magnetic systems

The methods and the algorithms of the magnetic system design, producing the fields with a required distribution (the inverse problem of magnetostatics), are considered. The mathematical statement of the problem is reduced to the expansion of a given function into Fourier series on a non-orthonormal basis. The basis functions are the fields of the sections of a magnetic system, and the coefficients of the expansion are the components of the magnetization vector of the sections (the vector synthesis). The algorithms proposed to solve the problem take into account the physical constraints on the magnetization distribution of the assembly sections.     

参量激励表面次谐波内共振现象的实验研究

研究了参量激励非线性表面波的内共振现象。在实验中,除了观测到已有的Faraday1/2分频次谐波外,还观测到1/4,1/6,1/8,1/10,1/12等大振幅次谐波。实验研究表明,分频次谐波的产生是由于本征频率接近于对应的低阶表面波本征模式所共振激发的,而低阶模式的激发是由于模式之间的强烈非线性耦合所导致的,即为内共振现象。同时,强烈的非线性耦合还引发了混合模式表面波的模式竞争现象等复杂非线性动力学行为,且这种模式竞争具有明显的无规性和混沌特征。级联内共振激发的多模式共存以及相互之间的竞争,是导致水槽中产生混沌的一种重要途径。     

Compact positron beam for measurement of transmission moderator efficiencies and positron yields of encapsulated sources

We have constructed a simple positron beam for measuring both the efficiencies of positron moderator foils and the positron yields of encapsulated positron beam sources. The slow-positron emission rate from the moderator is determined from the positron annihilation radiation. This technique is also applied to measure source yields. In addition to the coincidence technique, the source yield is determined by measuring electric currents generated by the annihilating positrons. The performance of the system is demonstrated with different tungsten moderator foils before and after heat treatments, and several sources with primary activities in the range 1-50 mCi.     

RF system design and measurement of HIRF-CSRe

An RF system for the CSRe (cooling storage experimental ring) is designed and manufactured domestically. The present paper mainly describes the RF system design in five main sections:ferrite ring, RF cavity, RF generator, low level system and cavity cooling. The cavity is based on a type of coaxial resonator which is shorted at the end with one gap and loaded with domestic ferrite rings. The RF generator is designed in the push-pull mode and the low level control system is based on a DSP+FGPA+DDS+USB interface and has three feedback loops. Finally we give the results of the measurement on our system.     

RF system design and measurement of HIRF-CSRe

An RF system for the CSRe （cooling storage experimental ring） is designed and manufactured domestically. The present paper mainly describes the RF system design in five main sections： ferrite ring, RF cavity, RF generator, low level system and cavity cooling. The cavity is based on a type of coaxial resonator which is shorted at the end with one gap and loaded with domestic ferrite rings. The RF generator is designed in the push-pull mode and the low level control system is based on a DSP＋FGPA＋DDS＋USB interface and has three feedback loops. Finally we give the results of the measurement on our system.