The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea (한국음향학회지)

The Acoustical Society of Korea (한국음향학회)
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Measurement of Ultrasonic Field Propagation Characteristics in Biological Tissues Using a Two-dimensional Array Hydrophone

2차원 배열 수중청음기를 이용한 생체조직에서의 초음파 음장 전파특성 측정

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  • Xiu-Fen Gong (State Key Laboratory of Mordern Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University)
  • 하강열 (부경대학교 물리학과) ;
  • 김무준 (부경대학교 물리학과) ;
  • 현병국 (부경대학교 대학원 음향진동공학협동과정) ;
  • 채민구 (부경대학교 대학원 음향진동공학협동과정) ;
  • Published : 2001.07.01
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Abstract

Because the biological tissue with inhomogeneous acoustic properties does not keep a particular shape, the measurement of propagation characteristics of ultrasonic fields by the conventional scanning method with a miniature hydrophone is difficult. In this study, a two-dimensional may hydrophone was fabricated using the PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride) piezo-electric film and a ultrasonic field measurement system with it was established. For the acoustic field produced by a circular plan transducer with center frequency of 2.25㎒ and 13㎜ in diameter, it was possible to make a fairly accurate field measurement using the hydrophone system. The attenuation coefficients at 2.25 ㎒ for biological tissues were 0.7∼1.3 dB/cm(average; 1.0 dB/cm) in bovine liver, 1.0∼1.8 dB/cm (average; 1.6 dB/cm) in pig liver, 0.9∼2,9 dB/cm(average: 2.1 dB/cm) in bovine muscles, 1.7∼3.3 dB/cm (average; 2.5 dB/cm) in pig muscles.

음향특성이 균일하지 않는 생체조직은 특정의 형태 유지가 어렵기 때문에 종래의 극소형 수중청음기의 스캐닝 방법에 의한 초음파 음장 전파특성 측정이 곤란하다. 본 연구에서는 PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride) 압전막을 사용하여 2차원 배열 수중청음기를 제작하고, 그것에 의한 음장 측정 시스템을 구축한 후, 생체조직에 적용하였다. 중심주파수 2.25 ㎒이고 직경이 13㎜인 원형평면 트랜스듀서에 의한 실험 결과, 구축한 시스템에 의해 비교적 정밀한 음장 측정이 가능한 것을 알았으며, 그 주파수에 대해 소와 돼지의 간에서는 각각 0.7∼l.3dB/cm (평균; 1.0 dB/cm), 1.0∼l.8 dB/cm (평균; 1.6 dB/cm), 근육에서는 각각 0.9∼2.9 dB/cm (평균; 2.1dB/cm), 1.7∼3.3 dB/cm (평균: 2.5 dB/cm)의 값을 갖는 감쇠계수의 공간적 분포를 측정할 수 있었다.

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