Characterization of Focused Ultrasound induced Acoustic Streaming
Rafika Ben Haj Slama  1, 2@  , Bruno Gilles  3@  , Maher Ben Chiekh  4@  , Jean-Christophe Béra  5@  
1 : INSERM, U1032, LabTAU
Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I
Lyon, F-69003 -  France
2 : Laboratoire des Etudes Systèmes Thermiques et Energétiques, ENIM, Université de Monastir
3 : Application des ultrasons à la thérapie (LabTAU)  -  Site web
Inserm : U1032
Pôle santé Lyon est, 151 cours Albert Thomas 69424 Lyon cedex 03 -  France
4 : Laboratoire des Etudes Systèmes Thermiques et Energétiques, ENIM, Université de Monastir
Avenue Ibn Eljazzar 5019 Monastir -  Tunisie
5 : Laboratoire d'Applications des Ultrasons à la Thérapie  (LabTAU - INSERM UMR1032)  -  Site web
Inserm, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I
Lyon -  France

This study is interested in one of the hydrodynamic mechanisms induced by High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) propagation in a liquid medium, the acoustic streaming phenomenon. The latter is a flow generation caused by acoustic energy viscous dissipation during acoustic wave propagation in a fluid medium. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) technique was used to determine velocity fields in an infinite aquatic medium subjected to a focused ultrasonic field. These tests were carried out with a parametric variation, namely, of the applied acoustic pressure at the focus (ranging from 2 to 18.4 bars) and of the transducer frequency (550 kHz and 1 MHz). The experimental results allowed to characterize the mean streaming flow and in particular to evaluate the maximum axial velocity magnitude reached in the focal zone and conclude how the velocity increases with ultrasound wave amplitude and frequency.


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