Angular dependence of the acoustic signal of a microbubble cloud
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Author(s)
Sujarittam, Krit
Choi, James J
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Microbubble-mediated ultrasound therapies have a common need for methods that can noninvasively monitor the treatment. One approach is to use the bubbles' acoustic emissions as feedback to the operator or a control unit. Current methods interpret the emissions' frequency content to infer the microbubble activities and predict therapeutic outcomes. However, different studies placed their sensors at different angles relative to the emitter and bubble cloud. Here, it is evaluated whether such angles influence the captured emissions such as the frequency content. In computer simulations, 128 coupled bubbles were sonicated with a 0.5-MHz, 0.35-MPa pulse, and the acoustic emissions generated by the bubbles were captured with two sensors placed at different angles. The simulation was replicated in experiments using a microbubble-filled gel channel (0.5-MHz, 0.19–0.75-MPa pulses). A hydrophone captured the emissions at two different angles. In both the simulation and the experiments, one angle captured periodic time-domain signals, which had high contributions from the first three harmonics. In contrast, the other angle captured visually aperiodic time-domain features, which had much higher harmonic and broadband content. Thus, by placing acoustic sensors at different positions, substantially different acoustic emissions were captured, potentially leading to very different conclusions about the treatment outcome.
Date Issued
2020-11
Date Acceptance
2020-10-23
Citation
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2020, 148 (5), pp.2958-2972
ISSN
0001-4966
Publisher
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Start Page
2958
End Page
2972
Journal / Book Title
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume
148
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Acoustical Society of America.
Subjects
Acoustics
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-11-24