The viscoelastic behavior of tendons has been extensively studied in vitro. A noninvasive method by which to acquire mechanical data would be highly beneficial, as it could lead to the collection of viscoelastic data in vivo. Our lab has previously presented acoustoelasticity as an alternative ultrasound-based method of measuring tendon stress and strain by reporting a relationship between ultr...

An implementation system of three-dimensional endoscopic photoacoustic imaging is presented. The developed endoscopic photoacoustic detector integrates a multielement linear transducer array, a reflective device, a Plexiglass tube, and ultrasonic coupling medium. To match with the acoustic impendence of Plexiglass tube, a glycerin solution with 45% volume percentage was used as the ultrasonic c...

Using two-dimensional echocardiography, a technique was developed for digitizing reflected acoustic signals and performing variable signal processing. This resulted in accentuation of differences in focal reflectivity of target tissues and improved ultrasonic tissue characterization. Study of a learning population of 200 patients demonstrated abnormal specular reflections from the proximal left...

Laser ultrasonic sources and guided wave sensing methods, using sub-wavelength miniature sensors, are utilized to nondestructively evaluate composite materials. These methods enable in-plane characterization of the ultrasonic signals directional velocities. Additionally, sensing of the guided wave modes changes, in the geometrically complex composite structures, enables detection of the materia...

A novel methodology to obtain three-dimensional (3D) acoustic tissue models (3DATMs) is introduced. 3DATMs can be used as computational tools for ultrasonic imaging algorithm development and analysis. In particular, 3D models of biological structures can provide great benefit to better understand fundamentally how ultrasonic waves interact with biological materials. As an example, such models w...