MRI Compatible Planar Material Acoustic Lenses

[EN] Zone plate lenses are used in many areas of physics where planar geometry is advantageous in comparison with conventional curved lenses. There are several types of zone plate lenses, such as the well-known Fresnel zone plates (FZPs) or the more recent fractal and Fibonacci zone plates. The sele...

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Authors: Tarrazó-Serrano, Daniel|||0000-0001-9986-0884, Castiñeira-Ibáñez, Sergio|||0000-0001-6414-3906, Uris Martínez, Antonio|||0000-0002-2005-2305, Rubio Michavila, Constanza|||0000-0002-4395-7473, Sánchez Aparisi, Eugenio
Format: article
Publication Date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repository:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/115609
Online Access:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/115609
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:MRI
Zone Plates
Ultrasonic lenses
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Summary:[EN] Zone plate lenses are used in many areas of physics where planar geometry is advantageous in comparison with conventional curved lenses. There are several types of zone plate lenses, such as the well-known Fresnel zone plates (FZPs) or the more recent fractal and Fibonacci zone plates. The selection of the lens material plays a very important role in beam modulation control. This work presents a comparison between FZPs made from different materials in the ultrasonic range in order to use them as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible materials. Three different MRI compatible polymers are considered: Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polylactic acid (PLA). Numerical simulations based on finite elements method (FEM) and experimental results are shown. The focusing capabilities of brass lenses and polymer zone plate lenses are compared.