A Free-Hand System of the High-Frequency Single Element Ultrasound Transducer for Skin Imaging

Wei Ting Zhang; Yin Chih Lin; Wei Hao Chen; Chia Wei Yang; Hui Hua Kenny Chiang

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-30636-6_13

A Free-Hand System of the High-Frequency Single Element Ultrasound Transducer for Skin Imaging

Wei Ting Zhang^*, Yin Chih Lin, Wei Hao Chen, Chia Wei Yang, Hui Hua Kenny Chiang

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Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Abstract

Ultrasound (US) imaging is a non-invasion and non-radiation medical imaging system. One of them, the single-element transducer has significant potential in the medical device. As compared to an array transducer, it could reduce the size of the imaging system. For example, the ultrasound needle for epidural anesthesia and eyeball. In this study, we develop a free-hand US system on skin imaging. Using the 20 MHz high-frequency single element ultrasound transducer on the skin scanning. The high-frequency ultrasound could provide an excellent resolution to 0.1 mm. The bandwidth of the transducer is 20%, and the Insertion loss (IL) is –31.9 dB, and the Electromechanical coupling factor (K_t) is 0.72. Meanwhile, the free-hand apparatus which based on the optical tracking sensor is designed and applied in this system. It is convenient for scanning the skin surface. This control and display panel is designed by the LabVIEW software. The in-board filter and Hilbert transformation are used to eliminate the environment noise. To solve the problem of unstable scanning speed, the interpolation method with one order is used to fit and smooth the image. Therefore, the high-quality ultrasound images could be applied in the skin scanning.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Future Trends in Biomedical and Health Informatics and Cybersecurity in Medical Devices - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, ICBHI 2019
Editors	Kang-Ping Lin, Ratko Magjarevic, Paulo de Carvalho
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	91-99
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783030306359
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30636-6_13
State	Published - 2020
Event	4th International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, ICBHI 2019 - Taipei, Taiwan Duration: 17 Apr 2019 → 20 Apr 2019

Publication series

Name	IFMBE Proceedings
Volume	74
ISSN (Print)	1680-0737
ISSN (Electronic)	1433-9277

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, ICBHI 2019
Country/Territory	Taiwan
City	Taipei
Period	17/04/19 → 20/04/19

Keywords

Dermatology
Free-hand
High-frequency
Imaging system
Interpolation
Medical device
Single element transducer
Skin imaging
Ultrasound

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Zhang, W. T., Lin, Y. C., Chen, W. H., Yang, C. W., & Chiang, H. H. K. (2020). A Free-Hand System of the High-Frequency Single Element Ultrasound Transducer for Skin Imaging. In K.-P. Lin, R. Magjarevic, & P. de Carvalho (Eds.), Future Trends in Biomedical and Health Informatics and Cybersecurity in Medical Devices - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, ICBHI 2019 (pp. 91-99). (IFMBE Proceedings; Vol. 74). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30636-6_13

Zhang, Wei Ting ; Lin, Yin Chih ; Chen, Wei Hao et al. / A Free-Hand System of the High-Frequency Single Element Ultrasound Transducer for Skin Imaging. Future Trends in Biomedical and Health Informatics and Cybersecurity in Medical Devices - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, ICBHI 2019. editor / Kang-Ping Lin ; Ratko Magjarevic ; Paulo de Carvalho. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. pp. 91-99 (IFMBE Proceedings).

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Zhang, WT, Lin, YC, Chen, WH, Yang, CW & Chiang, HHK 2020, A Free-Hand System of the High-Frequency Single Element Ultrasound Transducer for Skin Imaging. in K-P Lin, R Magjarevic & P de Carvalho (eds), Future Trends in Biomedical and Health Informatics and Cybersecurity in Medical Devices - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, ICBHI 2019. IFMBE Proceedings, vol. 74, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 91-99, 4th International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, ICBHI 2019, Taipei, Taiwan, 17/04/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30636-6_13

A Free-Hand System of the High-Frequency Single Element Ultrasound Transducer for Skin Imaging. / Zhang, Wei Ting; Lin, Yin Chih; Chen, Wei Hao et al.
Future Trends in Biomedical and Health Informatics and Cybersecurity in Medical Devices - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, ICBHI 2019. ed. / Kang-Ping Lin; Ratko Magjarevic; Paulo de Carvalho. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. p. 91-99 (IFMBE Proceedings; Vol. 74).

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Zhang WT, Lin YC, Chen WH, Yang CW, Chiang HHK. A Free-Hand System of the High-Frequency Single Element Ultrasound Transducer for Skin Imaging. In Lin KP, Magjarevic R, de Carvalho P, editors, Future Trends in Biomedical and Health Informatics and Cybersecurity in Medical Devices - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, ICBHI 2019. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2020. p. 91-99. (IFMBE Proceedings). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-30636-6_13

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