Open AccessLow‐power gas microbubble detection technology based on acoustic resonance
Author(s) -
Rivera Manuel,
López Edwin,
Cancelos Silvina,
Marín Carlos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
engineering reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2577-8196
DOI - 10.1002/eng2.12401
Subject(s) - microbubbles , transducer , bubble , materials science , resonance (particle physics) , acoustics , piezoelectricity , acoustic resonance , power (physics) , biomedical engineering , ultrasound , computer science , optoelectronics , engineering , physics , composite material , particle physics , resonator , parallel computing , quantum mechanics
A novel approach towards developing a microbubble detection technology based on using a piezoelectric transducer to induce an acoustic resonance state within the system under investigation is here presented. The concept, originally proof‐of‐concept tested in a cylindrical acoustic resonant chamber, has proven to be able to detect single microbubbles with diameters in the range of 390–600 μm in a swine thigh, with either saline solution or sheep blood as the medium in the bubble guide. It has shown to be extremely adaptable, capable of accommodating industrial pipes as well as biological specimens, resilient and energy efficient, able to detect microbubbles with 0.8 mW and potentially less.