{"title":"Dual-mode second-harmonic (DMSH) generation on an elastic plate medium","authors":"Krishnadas V Kanakambaran, K. Balasubramaniam","doi":"10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957872","url":null,"abstract":"It is vital to detect material degradation in structures early to ensure their structural safety. Nonlinear ultrasonic techniques in the guided medium are employed to interpret the material nonlinearity by quantifying the harmonic responses from the ultrasonic guided wave. In this work, we discuss the observation of a simultaneously propagating dual-mode second-harmonic (DMSH) fundamental symmetric (s0) mode and an orthogonal-shear horizontal $(mathbf{sh}_{0}^{perp})$ mode generated on a weekly nonlinear isotropic elastic plate while excited with a primary shear horizontal (SH0) mode. The presence of two dominant second harmonic modes is the reason for terming the phenomenon DMSH. Numerical simulations demonstrate the existence of dual harmonics on a thin aluminium plate. As the DMSH possesses different group velocities, each wave packet was identified in time domain analysis as separate signals. The observation is validated experimentally, and dual-mode harmonics were determined by a short-time Fourier transform (STFT) analysis of the time domain signal. A locally enhanced material nonlinearity study was conducted via numerical simulations, and the responses from DMSH were studied. It was found that the second-harmonic $mathbf{sh}_{0}^{perp}$ mode was sensitive to locally enhanced material nonlinearity, while the second harmonic s0 and primary SH0 were seemingly unaffected. Improved insights from this work may provide important implications for accurate early-state defect detection in structural health monitoring and non-destructive evaluation applications of critical structures.","PeriodicalId":272387,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125383876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fourier-Domain Beamforming and Sub-Nyquist Sampling for Coherent Pixel-Based Ultrasound Imaging","authors":"Haolun Guo, Hui-Wen Xie, Guangquan Zhou, Nghia Q. Nguyen","doi":"10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958356","url":null,"abstract":"Coherent pixel-based beamforming has been developed for generating uniform high-resolution ultrasound images. It is based on the conventional architecture of ultrasonic systems using fixed-focused beams to acquire data. The image generation, however, is time-consuming as it requires data superposition from a large number of transmits. In this study, we integrate a frequency-domain beamforming framework with pixel-based beamforming, which allows image generation with a sub-Nyquist sampling of the radio-frequency (RF) echo signals. With this sub-Nyquist sampling technique, the front-end sampling system can work at a much lower rate to get the required bandwidth of RF echo signals. As a result, the proposed beamformer can offer almost comparable image resolution and contrast with coherent pixel-based beamforming with a 9-fold sampling reduction. The experimental results demonstrated the performance of the proposed beamformer, showing its potential in applications on low-power consumption and small-size ultrasound systems.","PeriodicalId":272387,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126611479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Power Durability Evaluation of Higher-Order Mode Polarization-Inverted ScAlN Thin Film Resonators","authors":"Saneyuki Shibata, T. Yanagitani","doi":"10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957533","url":null,"abstract":"A number of RF base stations are required for 5G communication compared with 4G because of their high frequency operation. One of the solutions to minimize the RF base stations is to replace the current large dielectric resonator filters with BAW filters. The power durability of 1 W is sufficient for smartphones. However, the power durability of tens of watts is required for RF base stations. High n-th order resonance operation is available for n-th polarization-inverted multilayers. n-Fold thick and n-fold large area (due to 50 Ω matching) in polarization-inverted multilayered resonator enables BAW devices to improve power durability. In this study, we fabricated polarization-inverted ScAlN 1-layer and 4-layer thin films solidly mounted resonator (SMR). The power durability of these devices was compared. The power durability of the 4-layered ScAlN film of 180 mW was 6-times higher than that of the 1-layered ScAlN film of 30 mW.","PeriodicalId":272387,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115022438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Caliano, F. Mariani, Fabiola Vitali, P. Pogliani
{"title":"The “PICUS” system in the detection of defects on panel paintings and wooden boards","authors":"G. Caliano, F. Mariani, Fabiola Vitali, P. Pogliani","doi":"10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958892","url":null,"abstract":"The technique of panel painting played a particularly significant role in Italian art, especially between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, before canvas came into general use. The conservation of panel paintings, however, is complex and largely depends on the original materials and techniques used to create the support and the many layers of preparation for painting. The state of conservation is influenced also by the history of stress/deformation that the painting has undergone and the microclimatic conditions in which it is exposed. The large thermo-hygrometric variation induces changes in the structure of the wood and can create cracks even for the gypsum which is more rigid than the wood and can develop dangerous detachments. Recently, a low-cost, portable test system for the measurement of detachments between layers of architectural coatings, called PICUS, inspired by the method used by restorers during diagnosis and conservation interventions, has been successfully developed. The same system was then tested to acquire information about the execution technique, the state of conservation and previous interventions of stratified structures such as paintings on wood.","PeriodicalId":272387,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116018705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noushin Jafarpisheh, L. Castañeda-Martinez, H. Whitson, I. Rosado-Méndez, H. Rivaz
{"title":"Adaptive Weighting Strategy in Regularized Quantitative Ultrasound","authors":"Noushin Jafarpisheh, L. Castañeda-Martinez, H. Whitson, I. Rosado-Méndez, H. Rivaz","doi":"10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958083","url":null,"abstract":"Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) aims to extract quantitative properties of the tissue, and as such, can be used in both diagnostic and interventional ultrasound imaging. Using pulse echo QUS techniques attenuation and backscatter coefficients (BSC) can be estimated. Our group recently introduced a strategy named AnaLytical Globally rEgularized BacksccatteR quAntitative ultrasound, or ALGEBRA to estimate BSC and average attenuation by optimizing a regularized cost function. ALGEBRA considers equal contributions for different frequencies across the power spectra. However, herein, we introduce a weight for each depth and frequency of the power spectra multiplied by the data term of the cost function because high-frequency contents of the power spectra at deep regions have a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). We test our technique on a three-layers uniform BSC phantom. Results justify our technique outperforms ALGEBRA.","PeriodicalId":272387,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116128684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Takumi Hirata, Deqing Kong, Fei Li, M. Kurosawa, M. Aoyagi
{"title":"Investigation of Acoustic Underwater Propulsion with $36^{circ}$ Y-cut Lithium Niobate Transducer","authors":"Takumi Hirata, Deqing Kong, Fei Li, M. Kurosawa, M. Aoyagi","doi":"10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958703","url":null,"abstract":"Underwater propulsion systems, using an acoustic driving force generated by the ultrasonic transducer at the interface between the solid and liquid, are studied widely. There are no moving parts such as fins or screws. In addition, the acoustic underwater propulsion of a self-propelled robot is expected to meet the requirements of higher power density and smaller size. In this work, the single-crystal 36° Y-cut lithium niobate ($text{LiNbO}_{3}$, LN) substrates, which have lead-free and excellent high-power characteristics, are used to investigate underwater acoustic propulsion.","PeriodicalId":272387,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122397973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. J. García-Garrigós, A. Cebrecos, Javier A. Navarro-Calvo, N. Jiménez, J. Benlloch, F. Camarena
{"title":"Laser Diode Beam Shaping and Homogenization with a Multimode Fiber applied to Optical Resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy based on Linear Phased Array Ultrasound Probe","authors":"J. J. García-Garrigós, A. Cebrecos, Javier A. Navarro-Calvo, N. Jiménez, J. Benlloch, F. Camarena","doi":"10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957264","url":null,"abstract":"Pulsed Laser diodes stacks (PLD) are a promising low cost option as laser sources for Optical Resolution Photo acoustic Microscopes (ORPAM). Nevertheless, their multimode beams with wide divergences and non-uniform light distributions, imposes limitations to the lateral resolution that can be achieved at a long laser focusing distance needed for clinical applications. Here, it is devised a new strategy to attain high lateral resolutions at a centimeter-long working distance, based on coupling the PLD power into a square core multimode optical fiber. An ORPAM system with an ultrasound linear phased-array in reflection confocal mode was built to test its performance.","PeriodicalId":272387,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)","volume":"170 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122925644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yadan Wang, Yuanguo Wang, Chichao Zheng, Hu Peng, Chaoxue Zhang
{"title":"Ultrasound Contrast Microbubbles Reconstruction Using a Joint Enhanced Mean-to-Standard-Deviation Factor and Minimum Variance Beamformer","authors":"Yadan Wang, Yuanguo Wang, Chichao Zheng, Hu Peng, Chaoxue Zhang","doi":"10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958292","url":null,"abstract":"Super-resolution ultrasound imaging (SRUI) is based on localizing the injected contrast microbubbles (MBs) and tracking of their displacement to achieve spatial resolution beyond the acoustic diffraction limit, thus being a promising approach for diagnosing microvascular-related diseases. Adaptive beamforming methods have been proven to effectively increase the number of detected MBs and improve the localization accuracy. In this study, we propose a joint enhanced mean-to-standard-deviation factor and minimum variance (EMSF-MV) beamformer to improve the resolution of MBs and suppress noise and clutter in echoes. Simulation and experimental results show that EMSF-MV improves the lateral full-width at half-maximum by more than 40% and suppresses the peak sidelobe level by more than 70%, compared with MV. The proposed method has the potential to increase the number of isolated MB scatterers and improve the localization accuracy for SRUI.","PeriodicalId":272387,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116613188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrasound transducer optimization for wireless battery charging in subcutaneous implantable device","authors":"T. Hoang, B. Rosinski, N. Felix","doi":"10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957147","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless power transfer (WPT) is a promising way to power active implantable medical devices (AIMDs) which are increasingly used in modern life to monitor and/or treat diseases such as cardiovascular diseases which are the cause of about 1/3 of global deaths according to the WHO. In the last decade, among WPT technologies like optical, radio frequency or inductive coupling, acoustic power transfer (APT) has received great interest thank to its advantages in terms of efficiency, miniaturization, deep propagation, and electromagnetic compatibility. Designing an efficient implantable ultrasound (US) receiver requires appropriate material selection considerations. This study presents for the first time a benchmark of piezoelectric materials and their important parameters in the aim of optimizing the performance of US receiver for wireless battery charging in subcutaneous implantable device. Simulation and experimental results reveal that hard ceramics with high mechanical quality factor are the most suitable for making an efficient US receiver. APT measurement demonstrates that the US receiver provided a maximum of 3.7 mA charging current at a depth of 20 mm through silicone medium from an ultrasound beam with an acoustic intensity of 81 mW/cm2.","PeriodicalId":272387,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117028176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Molinero, Renfeng Jin, X. Pang, Yanbo He, Yiliu Wang, Zongliang Cao, D. Feld
{"title":"Analyzing the 2nd Harmonic Emissions of a BAW Resonator Undergoing Lateral Mode Excitation","authors":"D. Molinero, Renfeng Jin, X. Pang, Yanbo He, Yiliu Wang, Zongliang Cao, D. Feld","doi":"10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957474","url":null,"abstract":"For the first time of which we are aware, high frequency resolution phase and magnitude measurements of the 2nd harmonic (H2) emissions response of a BAW resonator are recorded and analyzed. A circular resonator exhibiting distinct lateral modes and H2 emissions rattles is analyzed in a variety of ways: First using a nonlinear extended BVD model to relate both the phase and magnitude of H2 emissions to its linear S11 response, then via an analytical model of H2 emissions, and finally via a nonlinear 2D FEM model. The H2 phasor emissions of a resonator having a practical shape, and thus exhibiting complex lateral mode and H2 rattle behavior is measured. A measurement-based H2 model is constructed, and then is used to model the H2 emissions response of an anti-series resonator pair.","PeriodicalId":272387,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129590530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}