Noise considerations in piezoelectric transparent ultrasound transducers for photoacoustic imaging applications

Shubham Mirg; Haoyang Chen; Shubham Khandare; Mohamed Osman; Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli

doi:10.1117/12.2610342

3 March 2022 Noise considerations in piezoelectric transparent ultrasound transducers for photoacoustic imaging applications

Shubham Mirg, Haoyang Chen, Shubham Khandare, Mohamed Osman, Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli

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Proceedings Volume 11960, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2022; 119600S (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2610342
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2022, San Francisco, California, United States

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Recently, piezoelectric transparent ultrasound transducers (TUTs) have gained the attention of the photoacoustic imaging community. The ability to illuminate living subjects through the TUT and minimal acoustic coupling requirements allows for miniaturization, reduces cost, and increases the ease of multimodal integrations. TUTs, therefore, have great potential for photoacoustic imaging; however, challenges remain on matching their acoustic sensitivity to conventional opaque piezoelectric transducers. Various noise sources arising from TUT fabrication and electronics limit their sensitivity. This paper discusses various TUT-specific noise considerations that are detrimental to signal to noise ratio. We also assess the effect of different design considerations by comparing different TUTs. The results can help optimize TUTs design for improving performance, thus paving the way for powerful TUT based photoacoustic applications.

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Shubham Mirg, Haoyang Chen, Shubham Khandare, Mohamed Osman, and Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli "Noise considerations in piezoelectric transparent ultrasound transducers for photoacoustic imaging applications", Proc. SPIE 11960, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2022, 119600S (3 March 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2610342

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