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Optimal design of a concave annular array transducer to generate high intensity focused ultrasound

고강도 집속 초음파 발생용 오목한 환상형 배열 트랜스듀서의 최적설계

Euna Choi 1
,
Yongrae Roh1*
최 은아1
,
노 용래1*
1경북대학교 기계공학과
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
30 November 2016. pp. 452-465
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Abstract

In this study, the structure of a concave annular array transducer was optimized to generate high intensity focused ultrasound for medical therapeutic application. The transducer has a phased array structure composed of several concentric channels that have 40 mm as the radius of curvature. We derived theoretical equations to analyze the sound field of the transducer and verified the validity of the equations by comparing the results calculated by the equations with those from finite element analyses. We also checked the possibility of dynamic focusing at around the geometric focal point. Further, the level of a grating lobe occurring at an unwanted position in the transducer sound field was confirmed to be reducible through the relation between the number of channels and the frequency of the transducer. Hence, the structure of the transducer was optimized to place the main lobe within a specific range from the zenith while systematically reducing the level of the maximum sidelobe including the grating lobe. The designed structure showed the performance better than that targeted at all the focal points.

Keywords
Optimal design
Concave annular
Array transducer
High intensity focused ultrasound
Grating lobe

본 연구에서는 의료 치료용으로 고강도 집속 초음파를 발생시킬 수 있는 오목한 환상형 배열 트랜스듀서의 구조를 최적설계하였다. 트랜스듀서는 곡률반경으로 40 mm를 가지는 여러 개의 동심원 채널로 이루어진 위상배열 구조이다. 구조 설계를 위해 트랜스듀서의 음장을 해석할 수 있는 이론식을 유도하였으며, 이론식 계산 결과의 타당성을 유한요소해석 결과와 비교함으로써 검증하였다. 배열 트랜스듀서의 기하학적 초점 이외 지점에서의 동적 집속 가능 유무도 함께 확인하였다. 또한 음장 내 원하지 않는 지점에 발생하는 그레이팅 로브의 레벨은 트랜스듀서의 채널 수와 주파수와의 관계를 이용하여 개선될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 따라서 정점으로부터 특정 범위 내에 주엽이 존재하면서 그레이팅 로브를 포함한 최대 부엽의 크기를 체계적으로 줄일 수 있도록 트랜스듀서 구조를 최적 설계하였다. 설계된 구조는 모든 집속 지점에서 목표를 만족하는 성능을 보였다.

키워드
최적설계
오목한 환상형
배열 트랜스듀서
고강도 집속 초음파
그레이팅 로브
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  • Publisher :The Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국음향학회
  • Journal Title :The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국음향학회지
  • Volume : 35
  • No :6
  • Pages :452-465
  • Received Date : 2016-08-12
  • Revised Date : 2016-09-19
  • Accepted Date : 2016-11-25
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2016.35.6.452
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