Non-contact ultrasound

This thesis explores the design, development, and evaluation of two novel non-contact ultrasound imaging methods: immersion ultrasound and optical ultrasound. Immersion ultrasound utilizes traditional piezoelectric elements in a tomographic framework to develop new algorithms and acquisition methods for quantification of tissue geometry and properties in human proximal limbs. Bone is uniquely challenging for ultrasound due to the high impedance mismatch between bone and soft-tissue in the imaging domain. New imaging algorithms are necessary for both geometric and quantitative reconstruction of subjects with bone. Multiple immersion systems were designed and constructed using the framework presented in this thesis. Mechanical systems include a 4 degrees of freedom single element system and a fully flexible 36 degrees of freedom robotic system abbreviated MEDUSA (Mechanically Discrete Ultrasound Scanning Apparatus).

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctoral

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Zhang, Xiang,Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Brian W. Anthony.

• Mechanical Engineering.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123779

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/123779