Title :
Tissue imaging using the transmission of 100-MHz-range ultrasound through a fused quartz fiber
Author :
Irie, Takasuke ; Hasegawa, T. ; Itoh, Kenji ; Hirota, Noriyuki ; Tagawa, Norio ; Yoshizawa, Masamitsu ; Moriya, Takehiro ; Iijima, Toru
Author_Institution :
Microsonic Co., Ltd., Kokubunji, Japan
Abstract :
We have studied transmission methods of high-frequency ultrasonic waves through a thin fiber for direct observation of the microscopic image of the tissue. We reported previously that C-mode images of an artificial bone and an animal bone placed in water were obtained by reflection method using a fused quartz fiber as the probe. In this paper, we describe that the C-mode images of the tissue on the glass in water were obtained by penetration method.
Keywords :
acoustic wave reflection; biomedical ultrasonics; bone; medical image processing; quartz; ultrasonic waves; C-mode images; animal bone; artificial bone; frequency 100 MHz; fused quartz fiber; glass; high-frequency ultrasonic waves; microscopic tissue imaging; penetration method; reflection method; ultrasound transmission methods; water; Glass; Image resolution; Manipulators; Steel; Transducers; Wires; C-mode image; high-frequency ultrasonic wave; microscopic image; penetration method; quartz fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5684-8
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2013.0513
