Miniaturized acoustic focus tunable photoacoustic transmitter probe

Aiming to provide dynamically adjustable acoustic field for in vivo ultrasound application scenarios, a miniaturized optical fiber photoacoustic (PA) transmitter is presented. Different from the existing laser generated focused ultrasound probes with fixed acoustic focal length, its focus can be continuously adjusted from infinity to 2.166 mm by deforming the PA conversion film using pneumatic actuation method. The PA film is designed into a...