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Optimising Laser

Ultrasound Imaging

Ultrasound imaging in Medicine

Use of high-frequency sound waves

Captures real time

No ionization radiation exposure

Types of ultrasound Abdominal ultrasound, Bone sonometry, Breast


ultrasound

Working of Ultrasound

Stages of

Ultrasound imaging

Production of the sound wave

High frequency v/s Low frequency


Conventional method Piezoelectric transducer

Receiving of the echoes

Forming the echoes

Need for all-optical transducers

Piezoelectric transducers require electrical connections and circuitry

Makes miniaturisation tough

Miniaturisation needed for probes to be inserted into vagina, rectum,


esophagus

All-optical probes might have higher sensitivity and spatial resolution

Optical detection of Ultrasound


Positives Non Contact , High Detection Bandwidth, ability to provide
exact measurement of the ultrasonic signal.
Negatives Optical detection sensitivity is atleast an order of magnitude of
poorer than contact transducers.
Basics To optically monitor ultrasound, a light beam should be made to
interact with the object undergoing such motion.
There are two broad classes in which affect of ultrasound can affect the
light beam.
1. Intensity Modulation
2.Phase or Frequency Modulation

Softwares to be used

MATLAB with k-wave toolbox for optimisation of laser

MATLAB High intensity focussed ultrasound simulator

ImageJ Shock software for image reconstruction

Project Abstract
Ultrasound imaging is widely used in medicine for diagnostics and therapy. Conventional ultrasound imaging probes
typically use piezoelectric elements to transmit and record signals, and each element requires electrical connections
and circuitry that can make miniaturisation challenging and expensive. By employing all-optical ultrasound transmitters
and receivers fabricated on top of optical fibres, ultrasound imaging probes can be created without any electronic
components and on a very small scale. These all-optical ultrasound probes could potentially have higher sensitivity
and spatial resolution than their electronic counterparts. This project is focused on one aspect of optical imaging probes:
the generation of ultrasound at the distal end of an optical fibre by means of the photoacoustic effect. Modulated light absorbed
in a coating deposited on the end of the fibre causes a small temperature rise which results in an increase in pressure. This
localised pressure increase subsequently propagates into tissue as an acoustic wave. The aim of this project is to optimise
the modulation of the light to obtain ultrasound pulses that provide optimal spatial resolution upon reconstruction. The results
obtained in this project will aid in optimising the image quality of new types of ultrasound imaging probes. The project will be
primarily computational in nature, but will have an experimental component.

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