期刊
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL
卷 68, 期 12, 页码 3599-3607出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2021.3103409
关键词
Transducers; Acoustics; Ultrasonic imaging; Frequency measurement; Frequency control; Impedance; Broadband communication; Dual-frequency thrombolysis; intravascular ultrasound transducer; passive cavitation; sonothrombolysis
资金
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01HL141967, R21EB027304]
Dual-frequency transcutaneous sonothrombolysis with contrast agents has been shown to be more efficient in triggering acoustic cavitation and achieving higher lysis rates. In vitro tests demonstrated that dual-frequency (750+500 kHz) sonothrombolysis yields an 85% higher lysis rate compared to single-frequency treatment, with the lysis rate increasing with the difference between the two frequency components.
Thrombo-occlusive disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. There has been active research on safe and effective thrombolysis in preclinical and clinical studies. Recently, the dual-frequency transcutaneous sonothrombolysis with contrast agents [microbubbles (MBs)] has been reported to be more efficient in trigging the acoustic cavitation, which leads to a higher lysis rate. Therefore, there is increasing interest in applying dual-frequency technique for more significant efficacy improvement in intravascular sonothrombolysis since a miniaturized intravascular ultrasound transducer typically has a limited power output to fully harness cavitation effects. In this work, we demonstrated this efficacy enhancement by developing a new broadband intravascular transducer and testing dual-frequency sonothromblysis in vitro. A broadband intravascular transducer with a center frequency of 750 kHz and a footprint size of 1.4 mm was designed, fabricated, and characterized. The measured -6-dB fractional bandwidth is 68.1%, and the peak negative pressure is 1.5 MPa under the driving voltage of 80 V-pp. By keeping one frequency component at 750 kHz, the second frequency component was selected from 450 to 650 kHz with an interval of 50 kHz. The in vitro sonothrombolysis tests were conducted with a flow model and the results indicated that the MB-mediated, dual-frequency (750+500 kHz) sonothrombolysis yields an 85% higher lysis rate compared with the single-frequency treatment, and the lysis rate of dual-frequency sonothrombolysis increases with the difference between the two frequency components. These findings suggest a dual-frequency excitation technique for more efficient intravascular sonothrombolysis than conventional single-frequency excitation
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