Generation of limited-diffraction wave by approximating theoretical X-wave with simple driving

Yaqin Li; MingYue Ding; Shaoyan Hua; Yuchi Ming

doi:10.1117/12.911271

24 February 2012 Generation of limited-diffraction wave by approximating theoretical X-wave with simple driving

Yaqin Li, MingYue Ding, Shaoyan Hua, Yuchi Ming

Proceedings Volume 8320, Medical Imaging 2012: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy; 83200D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.911271
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

X-wave is a particular case of limited diffracting waves which has great potential applications in the enlargement of the field depth in acoustic imaging systems. In practice, the generation of real time X-wave ultrasonic fields is a complex technology which involves precise and specific voltage for the excitations for each distinct array element. In order to simplify the X-wave generating process, L. Castellanos proposed an approach to approximate the X-wave excitations with rectangular pulses. The results suggested the possibility of achieving limited-diffraction waves with relatively simple driving waveforms, which could be implemented with a moderate cost in analogical electronics. In this work, we attempt to improve L. Castellanos's method by calculating the approximation driving pulse not only from rectangular but also triangular driving pulse. The differences between theoretical X-wave signals and driving pulses, related to their excitation effects, are minimized by L2 curve criterion. The driving pulses with the minimal optimization result we chosen. A tradeoff is obtained between the cost of implementation of classical 0-order X-wave and the precision of approximation with the simple pulsed electrical driving. The good agreement of the driving pulse and the result resulting field distributions, with those obtained from the classical X-wave excitations can be justified by the filtering effects induced by the transducer elements in frequency domain. From the simulation results, we can see that the new approach improve the precise of the approximation, the difference between theoretical X-wave and the new approach is lower 10 percent than the difference between theoretical X-wave and rectangular as the driving pulse in simulation.

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Yaqin Li, MingYue Ding, Shaoyan Hua, and Yuchi Ming "Generation of limited-diffraction wave by approximating theoretical X-wave with simple driving", Proc. SPIE 8320, Medical Imaging 2012: Ultrasonic Imaging, Tomography, and Therapy, 83200D (24 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.911271

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