Time-efficient low power time/phase-reversal beamforming for the tracking of ultrasound implantable devices

Marta Saccher; Sai Sandeep  Lolla; Shinnosuke Kawasaki; Ronald Dekker

doi:10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957652

Time-efficient low power time/phase-reversal beamforming for the tracking of ultrasound implantable devices

Marta Saccher, Sai Sandeep Lolla, Shinnosuke Kawasaki, Ronald Dekker

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Abstract

Ultrasound (US) has recently gained attention for powering and communication with implantable devices due to its short wavelength and low attenuation. However, beam mis-alignments cause a sharp decrease in the amount of transferred power and quality of communication. This work investigates a telemetry protocol that relies on the difference in the phase of the received backscattered signal to precisely focus the US on the implantable device and track it over time. The interrogation signal is generated by a linear phased array probe, and the receiver is a pre-charged collapse-mode Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (CMUT) connected to a load modulation circuit. Using the time/phase reversal tracking algorithm, the RX was located within 300 ms after the first modulation was detected. The ability of the algorithm to track the RX while it is moving was also tested, showing that it can reliably track it up to a speed of 1 mm/s.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IUS 2022 - IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-6657-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-7813-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957652
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2022 - Venice, Italy Duration: 10 Oct 2022 → 13 Oct 2022

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Conference	2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2022
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Venice
Period	10/10/22 → 13/10/22

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Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

Backscattering
Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers
CMUT
Tracking

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Saccher, M, Lolla, SS, Kawasaki, S & Dekker, R 2022, Time-efficient low power time/phase-reversal beamforming for the tracking of ultrasound implantable devices. in Proceedings of the IUS 2022 - IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium. IEEE, Piscataway, 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2022, Venice, Italy, 10/10/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9957652

Time-efficient low power time/phase-reversal beamforming for the tracking of ultrasound implantable devices. / Saccher, Marta; Lolla, Sai Sandeep ; Kawasaki, Shinnosuke et al.
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Time-efficient low power time/phase-reversal beamforming for the tracking of ultrasound implantable devices

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