Title :
Ultrasound pre-clinical platform for diagnosis and targeted therapy
Author :
Certon, Dominique ; Legros, Mathieu ; Gross, Dominic ; Vince, Ph ; Gens, F. ; Gregoire, J.M. ; Coutier, Caroline ; Novell, Anthony ; Bouakaz, Adnan
Author_Institution :
GREMAN, Univ. Francois Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France
Abstract :
This study reports on the development and the first experimental assessment of a custom ultrasound pre-clinical platform developed for diagnosis and targeted therapy. Moreover, a specific dual-mode probe developed for our application is based on cMUT technology. The platform combines two operating modes: high frequency imaging in the 15-20 MHz frequency range and low frequency focused ultrasound at 1 MHz for local therapy.
Keywords :
biomedical transducers; biomedical ultrasonics; ultrasonic focusing; ultrasonic imaging; ultrasonic therapy; ultrasonic transducers; cMUT technology; dual-mode probe; frequency 1 MHz; frequency 15 MHz to 20 MHz; high frequency imaging; low frequency focused ultrasound; medical diagnosis; targeted therapy; ultrasound preclinical platform; Acoustics; Arrays; Imaging; Medical treatment; Probes; Ultrasonic imaging; Voltage measurement; Electroacoustic transducers; cMUT; drug delivery; imaging; preclinical; therapeutic ultrasound;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2014.0081
