Wearable Ultrasound Probe for Nerve Localization and Stimulation

Vida Pashaei, Junjun Huan, Haoyang Chen, Mohamed S.E.A. Osman, Sri Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Steve J.A. Majerus, Soumyajit Mandal

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Abstract

Low-intensity focused ultrasound (FUS) is an emerging non-invasive and spatially/temporally precise method for modulating the firing rates and patterns of peripheral nerves. This paper describes custom body-conformal probes used within an image-guided platform for chronic and patient-specific FUS neuromodulation. The probes contain separate ultrasound imaging and modulation arrays realized using piezoelectric transducers assembled on a flexible printed circuit board (PCB). Dualmode probes operating around 4 MHz (imaging) and 1.3 MHz (modulation) were fabricated and tested on tissue phantoms. The resulting B-mode images were analyzed using a template-matching algorithm to estimate the location of the target nerve and then direct the modulation beam towards the target.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationBioCAS 2023 - 2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350300260
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2023 - Toronto, Canada
Duration: Oct 19 2023Oct 21 2023

Publication series

NameBioCAS 2023 - 2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2023
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period10/19/2310/21/23

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Neurology

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