| ▲ | brunosan 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Armchair comment. I would LOVE to be a grad student again and try to pair it with ultrasound speaker arrays, for medical applications. Essentially a super HIFU (High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound) with live feedback. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focused_ultrasound | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | zipy124 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
I do my PhD in in-air ultrasound with phased arrays and talk to the medical guys at conferences/labs that we talk to and it's soooo much harder in solids/liquids. The frequency is significantly higher, think 1-10MHz instead of like 40khz, so any normal electronics are out the window. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | duped 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
One problem is that the speed of sound is not constant (or approximately constant) across the bandwidth you're interested in when the sound wave is traveling through solids and liquids. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | brudgers 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Then, why not be a grad student again? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | always_swapping 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
I may be the FUS grad student you seek. Reach out via profile email if you want to chat. Cheers! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | etrautmann 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medical applications would presumably require contact coupling and not through air? | |||||||||||||||||||||||