Dual Frequency Hollow Focused Ultrasound Detector

Abstract

The invention relates to a dual-frequency hollow focused ultrasonic detector. The detector comprises a cylindrical shell, an acoustic focusing lens arranged in the shell, an annular sound absorption material layer, an annular back lining material layer, annular ultrasonic transducers and a signal line, wherein the annular sound absorption material layer and the annular back lining material layer are arranged in the shell in an overlapped mode, the annular ultrasonic transducers are arranged on the back lining material layer and face the acoustic focusing lens, and the signal line is electrically connected with the ultrasonic transducers. A line outlet for leading out the signal line is formed in the sidewall of the shell. The acoustic focusing lens comprises a semispherical first lens part and a similar-conical second lens part, an incident laser is coaxial with the detector, the resolution is enhanced, the detection sensitivity is improved, and the imaging effect is good; by means of the first lens part and the second lens part adopting two different acoustic-impedance acoustic materials, photo-acoustic signal collimation is achieved, acoustic focusing is achieved, and the acoustic resolution is enhanced. The ultrasonic transducers with two different dominant frequencies are adopted, the wide-band performance of the dual-frequency hollow focused ultrasonic detector is improved, and more pathologic messages of a detected portion in the transverse direction and the longitudinal direction can be obtained.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of photoacoustic imaging, in particular to a dual-frequency hollow-focused ultrasonic detector. Background technique [0002] Photoacoustic imaging is a new nondestructive biomedical imaging technology developed in recent years, which combines the advantages of high contrast of pure optical imaging and high resolution of pure ultrasound imaging. This imaging technology uses short-pulse laser as the excitation source, and the ultrasonic signal excited by it as the information carrier, and reconstructs the internal structure and function information of the tissue through the corresponding image reconstruction algorithm. Combining the characteristics of optical imaging and acoustic imaging, this technology can provide high-resolution and high-contrast tissue tomographic images of deep tissues, and has broad application prospects in the fields of biomedical clinical diagnosis and in-body imaging. [0003] At pr...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] At present, most of the ultrasonic detectors for photoacoustic imaging are non-hollow ultrasonic detectors, which cannot ensure that the incident light is coaxial with the ultrasonic detector, so that it is difficult to improve the resolution and detection sensitivity of the microscopic imaging system. The effective transmission, the image effect can not achieve the best; although there are ultrasonic detectors using a hollow mode, but it is inconvenient to couple with the surface of the detected part during work, so it is not fully suitable for the clinical application of photoacoustic microscopy instruments; and , the frequency band of the existing ultrasonic detector is relatively narrow, it is difficult to extract more tissue information of the detected part

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