Effect of skull porosity on ultrasound transmission and wave mode conversion at large incidence angles

B Jing, S Strassle Rojas, BD Lindsey - Medical Physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Transcranial ultrasound imaging and therapy depend on the efficient
transmission of acoustic energy through the skull. Multiple previous studies have concluded …

Optimizing transcranial ultrasound delivery at large incident angles by leveraging cranial leaky guided wave dispersion

M Mazzotti, E Kohtanen, A Erturk, M Ruzzene - Ultrasonics, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigate the role of leaky guided waves in transcranial ultrasound transmission in
temporal and parietal bones at large incidence angles. Our numerical and experimental …

Elastic wave dispersion in layered media with suture joints: influence of structural hierarchy and viscoelasticity

F Ongaro, F Bosia, NM Pugno - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Suture joints contribute to the exceptional combination of stiffness, strength, toughness and
efficient load bearing and transmission of many biological structures like the cranium or …

Identification of Critical Angles in Shear Mode Conversion-Based Transcranial Ultrasound via Leaky Guided Wave Analysis

M Mazzotti, E Kohtanen, A Erturk… - 2022 IEEE International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we study the role of leaky guided waves in transcranial ultrasound transmission
via numerical models and experiments conducted at varying incidence angles using a …

Does wave mode conversion at large incidence angles improve transcranial ultrasound transmission? It depends on the porosity

B Jing, BD Lindsey - 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many previous studies have concluded that a large incidence angle should be avoided
during transcranial focused ultrasound therapy to ensure transmission through the skull …

Homogenization and elastic wave polarization in anisotropic locally resonant metamaterials

F Mendicino - 2022 - politesi.polimi.it
Locally resonant metamaterials are artificial composites that, by a proper design, can control
the elastic wave propagation and provide the band gaps. The latter are special frequency …