title: Feasibility of using lateral mode coupling method for a large scale ultrasound phased array for noninvasive transcranial therapy.
abstract: A hemispherical-focused, ultrasound phased array was designed and fabricated using 1372 cylindrical piezoelectric transducers that utilize lateral coupling for noninvasive transcranial therapy. The cylindrical transducers allowed the electrical impedance to be reduced by at least an order of magnitude, such that effective operation could be achieved without electronic matching circuits. In addition, the transducer elements generated the maximum acoustic average surface intensity of 27 W/cm(2). The array, driven at the low (306-kHz) or high frequency (840-kHz), achieved excellent focusing through an ex vivo human skull and an adequate beam steering range for clinical brain treatments. It could electronically steer the ultrasound beam over cylindrical volumes of 100-mm in diameter and 60-mm in height at 306 kHz, and 30-mm in diameter and 30-mm in height at 840 kHz. A scanning laser vibrometer was used to investigate the radial and length mode vibrations of the element. The maximum pressure amplitudes through the skull at the geometric focus were predicted to be 5.5 MPa at 306 kHz and 3.7 MPa at 840 kHz for RF power of 1 W on each element. This is the first study demonstrating the feasibility of using cylindrical transducer elements and lateral coupling in construction of ultrasound phased arrays.
authors.affiliation: Focused Ultrasound Laboratory, Imaging Research,Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada. sjh4841@sri.utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Junho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Kullervo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hynynen
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D007854:Lead; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014025:Titanium; D014159:Transducers; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014732:Vibration; D014867:Water; D015040:Zirconium
chemical_list: D014867:Water; C065536:lead titanate zirconate; D007854:Lead; D015040:Zirconium; D014025:Titanium
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