High-intensity therapeutic ultrasound (HITU) is a minimally invasive and non-ionizing
medical procedure used to combat cancers. Faithful characterization of HITU fields is …

Hydrophone is a receiver transducer used to receive acoustic signals and convert them into
electrical signals, and has been widely applied in the fields of ocean observation and …

A broadband all-optical plane-wave ultrasound imaging system for high-resolution 3-D
imaging of biological tissues is presented. The system is based on a planar Fabry-Perot (FP) …

High-frequency calibration of hydrophones is becoming increasingly important, both for
clinical and scientific applications of ultrasound, and user safety. At present, the calibrations …

Materials that convert the energy of a laser pulse into heat can generate a photoacoustic
wave through thermoelastic expansion with characteristics suitable for improved sensing …

The most common transducers used to generate ultrasound in medical applications are
based on short electrical pulses applied to piezoelectric transducers and capacitive …

In this article, it is shown experimentally that a planar laser-generated ultrasound source
with a hard reflective backing will generate higher acoustic pressures than a comparable …

We present a new numerical approach to model a laser-induced photoacoustic generator
(LIPAG) by integrating thermal, elastic, and acoustic multiphysics simulations in a linear …

Optical generation of ultrasound using nanosecond duration laser pulses has generated
great interest both in industrial and biomedical applications. The availability of portable laser …

As a high-end medical technology, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is widely used
in cancer treatment and ultrasonic lithotripsy technology. The acoustic output level and …