The objective of the proposed project is to develop a real time high frequency ultrasound imaging system with a frame rate at a minimum of 180 Hz for cardiac applications in small animals. Ultrasound imaging is a well established technology for cardiac imaging on humans. For cardiac imaging in small animals whose hearts beat at a rate higher than 400 beats/minute, the spatial and temporal resolutions of current clinical ultrasonic scanners are far from ideal and simply inadequate for such applications. Furthermore currently there are no commercial high frequency ultrasonic scanners developed for small animal imaging and eye imaging in humans that are capable of a frame rate higher than 30 Hz over a large field of view. Under the support of this grant a device which a mechanical sector scanner with a single element transducer capable of imaging the heart of a small animal at a frequency from 30 to 50 MHz at a frame rate at a minimum of 130 Hz has been designed, fabricated, and tested. Initial experiments performed on mice and zebrafish hearts. In the next grant period, the performance of the scanner will be further improved by increasing the frequency and frame rate and implementing coded excitation to increase the depth of penetration. Miniature light weight annular arrays which allow dynamic focusing will be developed to replace single element transducers for improved spatial resolution taking advantage of an annular array based digital imaging system being developed at the USC Transducer Resource. The servo-motor based mechanical probe will be developed in collaboration with Capistrano Lab. Potential applications of this device in quantitative measurements of cardiac anatomy and physiological functions in mice and zebrafish will be explored in collaborations with investigators from USC Children's Hospital and Medical School.

Public Health Relevance

Project Narrative Small animals, including mice, rats, zebrafish, etc., have emerged as ideal models for the study of human diseases and drug development. Therefore, as the demand for the studies of small animals increases, so does the need for methods to accurately monitor physiological and functional activities on a small scale. The high frequency ultrasonic system will offer a multitude of opportunities for biomedical research.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HL079976-05
Application #
7848056
Study Section
Biomedical Imaging Technology Study Section (BMIT)
Program Officer
Buxton, Denis B
Project Start
2005-03-01
Project End
2012-05-31
Budget Start
2010-06-01
Budget End
2011-05-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2010
Total Cost
$362,574
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Southern California
Department
Biomedical Engineering
Type
Schools of Engineering
DUNS #
072933393
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90089
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Hwang, Jae Youn; Park, Jinhyoung; Kang, Bong Jin et al. (2012) Multimodality imaging in vivo for preclinical assessment of tumor-targeted doxorubicin nanoparticles. PLoS One 7:e34463
Park, Jinhyoung; Hu, Changhong; Li, Xiang et al. (2012) Wideband linear power amplifier for high-frequency ultrasonic coded excitation imaging. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 59:825-32
Park, Jinhyoung; Lee, Jungwoo; Lau, Sien Ting et al. (2012) Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging of zebrafish embryo by high-frequency coded excitation sequence. Ann Biomed Eng 40:907-15

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