Pulsed Schlieren system for visualizing beams from phased-array HIFU applicators

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Publication Type Journal Article
School or College College of Engineering
Department Bioengineering
Creator Christensen, Douglas A.
Other Author Chao, Aborn
Title Pulsed Schlieren system for visualizing beams from phased-array HIFU applicators
Date 2007
Description We have assembled a Schlieren system for imaging the beam patterns from HIFU transducers in water to verify the desired beam focusing and direction. It consists of a high power (65 mW) short-pulse (as short as 2 ns) laser emitting at 658 nm, a beam expander/spatial filter, water tank, 400 Jim round stop, and a 12-bit CCD camera (1035 x 1317 pixels). The laser is synchronized to the driving electronics of the transducer but its pulse is delayed, effectively freezing of the acoustic wavefronts in the imaged space.
Type Text
Publisher American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Volume 911
First Page 15
Last Page 19
DOI 10.1063/1.2744245
citatation_issn 0094243X
Subject Ultrasound beam patterns; Pulsed laser; Wavefronts
Subject LCSH High-intensity focused ultrasound; Schlieren methods (Optics); Laser pulses, Ultrashort
Subject MESH Ultrasonography
Language eng
Conference Title 6TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND; 30 August-2 Septembe; Oxford (United Kingdom)
Bibliographic Citation Christensen, D. A., & Chao, A. (2007). Pulsed Schlieren system for visualizing beams from phased-array HIFU applicators. AIP Conference Proceedings, 911, 15-9.
Rights Management (c)American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Christensen, D. A., & Chao, A., AIP Conference Proceedings, 911, 2007 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2744245
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