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Fast spatial scanning of 3D ultrasound fields via thermography
We propose and demonstrate a thermographic method that allows rapid scanning of ultrasound fields in a volume to yield 3D maps of the sound intensity. A thin sound-absorbing membrane is continuously translated through a volume of interest while a thermal camera records the evolution of its surface temperature. The temperature rise is a function of the absorbed sound intensity, such that the thermal image sequence can be combined to reveal the sound intensity distribution in the traversed volume. We demonstrate the mapping of ultrasound fields, which is several orders of magnitude faster than scanning with a hydrophone. Our results are in very good agreement with theoretical simulations.
@article{2018melde2, title = {Fast spatial scanning of 3D ultrasound fields via thermography}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, abstract = {We propose and demonstrate a thermographic method that allows rapid scanning of ultrasound fields in a volume to yield 3D maps of the sound intensity. A thin sound-absorbing membrane is continuously translated through a volume of interest while a thermal camera records the evolution of its surface temperature. The temperature rise is a function of the absorbed sound intensity, such that the thermal image sequence can be combined to reveal the sound intensity distribution in the traversed volume. We demonstrate the mapping of ultrasound fields, which is several orders of magnitude faster than scanning with a hydrophone. Our results are in very good agreement with theoretical simulations.}, volume = {113}, number = {13}, pages = {133503}, month = sep, year = {2018}, slug = {doi-10-1063-1-5046834}, author = {Melde, K. and Qiu, T. and Fischer, P.}, eprint = { https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5046834 }, url = { https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5046834 }, month_numeric = {9} }