Silicon-photonics focused ultrasound detector for minimally invasive optoacoustic imaging

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One of the main challenges in miniaturizing optoacoustic technology is the low sensitivity of sub-millimeter piezoelectric ultrasound transducers, which is often insufficient for detecting weak optoacoustic signals. Optical detectors of ultrasound can achieve significantly higher sensitivities than their piezoelectric counterparts for a given sensing area but generally lack acoustic focusing, which is essential in many minimally invasive imaging configurations. In this work, we develop a focused sub-millimeter ultrasound detector composed of a silicon-photonics optical resonator and a micro-machined acoustic lens. The acoustic lens provides acoustic focusing, which, in addition to increasing the lateral resolution, also enhances the signal. The developed detector has a wide bandwidth of 84 MHz, a focal width smaller than 50 µm, and noise-equivalent pressure of 37 mPa/Hz1/2 - an order of magnitude improvement over conventional intravascular ultrasound. We show the feasibility of the approach and the detector's imaging capabilities by performing high-resolution optoacoustic microscopy of optical phantoms with complex geometries.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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Biomedical optics express - 13(2022), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 6229-6244

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nagli, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Koch, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
Hazan, Yoav [VerfasserIn]
Volodarsky, Oleg [VerfasserIn]
Ravi Kumar, Resmi [VerfasserIn]
Levi, Ahiad [VerfasserIn]
Hahamovich, Evgeny [VerfasserIn]
Ternyak, Orna [VerfasserIn]
Overmeyer, Ludger [VerfasserIn]
Rosenthal, Amir [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 11.01.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1364/BOE.470295

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NLM351009000