Development of Visualization System of Distribution of Acoustic Field to Assist Active Control of Microbubbles in vivo

Yuto TAGUCHI  Takashi YOSHINAGA  Toshikazu KATO  Ren KODA  Nobuhiko SHIGEHARA  Kohji MASUDA  Takashi KAKIMOTO  Wenji YUAN  Hiromasa YAMASHITA  Toshio CHIBA 

Publication
A - Abstracts of IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences (Japanese Edition)  Vol.J95-A  No.6  pp.467-480
Publication Date: 2012/06/01
Online ISSN: 1881-0195
Print ISSN: 0913-5707
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
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Keyword: 
acoustic fieldvisualizationposition trackingblood vesselmicrobubble

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Summary: 
To obtain more accurate ultrasound focusing method to the target, we have developed and constructed a system to visualize the reconstructed three-dimensional shapes of acoustic field by simultaneously detecting the positions of both of ultrasound probe to obtain echogram and of ultrasound transducer to create local acoustic field. This system was confirmed to help the examiner to adjust the focal point of acoustic field on the desired target inside human body visually and quantitatively for active control of microbubbles in blood vessel.