A Microfabricated Water-Immersible Scanning Mirror with a Small Form Factor for Handheld Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Microscopy Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 2016 SPIE. Micro scanning mirrors that can operate reliably under water is useful in both ultrasound and photoacoustic microscopic imaging, where fast scanning of focused high-frequency ultrasound beams is desired for pixel-by-pixel data acquisition. This paper reports the development of a new micro-fabricated water-immersible scanning mirror with a small form factor. It consists of an optically and acoustically reflective mirror plate, which is supported onto two flexible polymer hinges and driven by an integrated electromagnetic micro-actuator. It can achieve one-axis scanning of 12.1 at a resonant frequency of 250Hz in air and 210Hz in water, respectively. By optimizing the design and enhancing the fabrication with high-precision optical 3D printing, the overall size of the scanning mirror module is less than 7 mm 5 mm 7 mm. The small form factor, large scanning angle, and high resonant frequency of the new water-immersible scanning mirror make it suitable for building compact handheld imaging probes for in-vivo high-speed and wide-field ultrasound and photoacoustic microscopy.

name of conference

  • MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XV

published proceedings

  • MOEMS AND MINIATURIZED SYSTEMS XV

author list (cited authors)

  • Xu, S., Huang, C., & Zhou, J.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Xu, Song||Huang, Chih-Hsien||Zhou, Jun

editor list (cited editors)

  • Piyawattanametha, W., & Park, Y.

publication date

  • March 2016