Shock wave therapy system

This report presents a piezoceramic transducer in an extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy system. The piezoelectric transducer is powered by a function generator (AFG3022B, Tektronicx, Beaverton, OR), together with a 55dB RF Power amplifier (BT00250–AlphaS, TOMCO, Rochester, NY), converting electri...

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Main Author: Siow, Shu Yi
Other Authors: Zhou Yufeng
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71433
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description This report presents a piezoceramic transducer in an extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy system. The piezoelectric transducer is powered by a function generator (AFG3022B, Tektronicx, Beaverton, OR), together with a 55dB RF Power amplifier (BT00250–AlphaS, TOMCO, Rochester, NY), converting electrical signal mechanical vibrations to energy such as shock waves, propagated into the water. The purpose of this report is to test the effect of Pulse Repetition Frequency (1Hz, 60 SW/min and 2Hz, 120 SW/min) on both low (230KHz) and high (1MHz) frequency. The materials and methods used would be under Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL). Using both 230KHz and 1MHz piezoceramic transducer, phantom stones that mimic stone fragmentation in the renal pelvis (plaster-of-paris material with a powder to water mixing ratio by weight of 2:1) were used for the experiment. Further fabrication of the piezoelectric lithotripter setup would be discussed in Chapter 3. Fixed and varied parameters will be stated in Chapter 4 before commencement of the experiment. A sample setup test was constructed to ensure that the phantom stone would break before moving on to the actual test. This report will also cover a discussion on the experimental results, how the experiment could be improvised and potential of future studies.
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spelling ntu-10356/714332023-03-04T18:29:09Z Shock wave therapy system Siow, Shu Yi Zhou Yufeng School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering This report presents a piezoceramic transducer in an extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy system. The piezoelectric transducer is powered by a function generator (AFG3022B, Tektronicx, Beaverton, OR), together with a 55dB RF Power amplifier (BT00250–AlphaS, TOMCO, Rochester, NY), converting electrical signal mechanical vibrations to energy such as shock waves, propagated into the water. The purpose of this report is to test the effect of Pulse Repetition Frequency (1Hz, 60 SW/min and 2Hz, 120 SW/min) on both low (230KHz) and high (1MHz) frequency. The materials and methods used would be under Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL). Using both 230KHz and 1MHz piezoceramic transducer, phantom stones that mimic stone fragmentation in the renal pelvis (plaster-of-paris material with a powder to water mixing ratio by weight of 2:1) were used for the experiment. Further fabrication of the piezoelectric lithotripter setup would be discussed in Chapter 3. Fixed and varied parameters will be stated in Chapter 4 before commencement of the experiment. A sample setup test was constructed to ensure that the phantom stone would break before moving on to the actual test. This report will also cover a discussion on the experimental results, how the experiment could be improvised and potential of future studies. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2017-05-16T09:17:40Z 2017-05-16T09:17:40Z 2017 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71433 en Nanyang Technological University 49 p. application/pdf
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