title: Remote sensing of mechanical properties of materials using a novel ultrasound transducer and signal processing.
abstract: An ultrasound-based remote sensing method to evaluate the mechanical properties of materials is presented. This method consists of a disk-shaped, piezoelectric transducer, operating at its resonance frequency, and a phase-shifted, feedback circuit. Mechanical parameters are derived by analyzing the signal contained in the phase-shifted values of the reflected signal. It is concluded that, using this novel transducer system and signal processing, remote mechanical measurements can be made. Such measurements obviate the need to apply the force-deformation approach and may be used to enable stiffness imaging.
authors.affiliation: College of Engineering, Nihon University, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-8642, Japan. murayama@ee.ce.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: Christos E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Constantinou
authors.forename: Sadao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omata
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004548:Elasticity; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D019563:Mechanics; D010812:Physical Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods