An Ultrasonic Lens Design Based on Prefractal Structures

The improvement in focusing capabilities of a set of annular scatterers arranged in a fractal geometry is theoretically quantified in this work by means of the finite element method (FEM). Two different arrangements of rigid rings in water are used in the analysis. Thus, both a Fresnel ultrasonic le...

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Autores: Castiñeira-Ibáñez, Sergio|||0000-0001-6414-3906, Rubio Michavila, Constanza|||0000-0002-4395-7473, Candelas Valiente, Pilar|||0000-0002-9924-7673, Uris Martínez, Antonio|||0000-0002-2005-2305, TARRAZÓ SERRANO, DANIEL
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/78989
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/78989
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sound focusing
Ultrasonic lens
Cantor prefractals
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Sumario:The improvement in focusing capabilities of a set of annular scatterers arranged in a fractal geometry is theoretically quantified in this work by means of the finite element method (FEM). Two different arrangements of rigid rings in water are used in the analysis. Thus, both a Fresnel ultrasonic lens and an arrangement of rigid rings based on Cantor prefractals are analyzed. Results show that the focusing capacity of the modified fractal lens is better than the Fresnel lens. This new lens is believed to have potential applications for ultrasonic imaging and medical ultrasound fields.