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Area of Science:

Materials Science and Engineering
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
Biomedical Engineering

Background:

High-sensitivity ultrasound probes are crucial for advancing biomedical ultrasound and industrial nondestructive testing (NDT).
Improving imaging quality while maintaining low fabrication costs is a key trend in ultrasound system development.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and characterize an ultrasonic transducer capable of superfocusing ultrasonic waves beyond the diffraction limit.
To achieve enhanced resolution for improved imaging in biomedical and NDT applications.

Main Methods:

Additive manufacturing of the transducer case.
Integration of a circular flat piezoelectric actuator and a core-shell lens (stainless steel core, polymer shell).
Characterization of the transducer's focusing capabilities and imaging resolution at approximately 3 MHz.

Main Results:

The transducer achieved superfocusing, with a beamwaist narrower than one wavelength.
Transverse and axial resolutions of 0.65λ and 3λ/2 were obtained for C- and B-scan images, respectively.
Successful imaging of subwavelength structures, including a Y-intersection of copper wire with hair-like diameter branches.

Conclusions:

The developed ultrasonic transducer demonstrates significant potential for superresolution imaging.
This technology represents a substantial advancement towards ultrasonic superresolution transducers for biomedical imaging and shallow NDT.
The core-shell lens design is key to achieving the superfocusing effect.