Introduction: A scanning acoustic microscope (SAM) is an apparatus for imaging acoustic properties. This apparatus can non-invasively and rapidly evaluate the hardness of materials in the elastic region. This device s...Introduction: A scanning acoustic microscope (SAM) is an apparatus for imaging acoustic properties. This apparatus can non-invasively and rapidly evaluate the hardness of materials in the elastic region. This device shows great potential for the diagnosis of dental caries in the clinical setting. However, since the tissue elastic modulus measured using a SAM is a property of the elastic region and the Knoop hardness is a property of the plastic region, the hardness properties differ completely. Therefore, we investigated whether the acoustic impedance measured using a SAM is related to the Knoop hardness, which is used as the standard for removal of carious dentin. Method: Polished sections were prepared from 20 extracted carious wisdom teeth. The acoustic impedance and Knoop hardness were measured for each section. In addition to comparing carious and healthy dentin in SAM images, we evaluated the difference between the carious and healthy dentin in terms of the acoustic impedance and Knoop hardness. We also evaluated the correlation between the Knoop hardness and acoustic impedance. Results: The SAM images were visualized as two-dimensional color images based on the acoustic impedance values. The mean acoustic impedance of carious dentin was significantly lower than that of healthy dentin, showing a similar trend as Knoop hardness. A strong correlation was observed between the two. Discussion: The acoustic impedance values obtained through acoustic microscopy differed significantly between carious and sound dentin. Both types of dentins were visualized using two-dimensional color images. A strong correlation was observed between the acoustic impedance value, which indicates the hardness of the elastic region, and the Knoop hardness, which indicates the hardness of the plastic region. The results of the present study indicate that acoustic impedance accurately reflects the hardness of dentin.展开更多
The knife-edge and harmonic technique in the Scanning Laser Acoustic Microscope is studied in this paper. The operating frequency of the SLAM can be increased from 100MHz to 300MHz by using the harmonic technique. The...The knife-edge and harmonic technique in the Scanning Laser Acoustic Microscope is studied in this paper. The operating frequency of the SLAM can be increased from 100MHz to 300MHz by using the harmonic technique. The acoustic images of some samples are obtained on our SLAM at 300MHz.展开更多
Scanning near-field acoustic microscope(SNAM)combines the ultrasonic detection technology with scanning near-field microscopy.The main characteristic of such microscope is that the acoustic wave is produced or detecte...Scanning near-field acoustic microscope(SNAM)combines the ultrasonic detection technology with scanning near-field microscopy.The main characteristic of such microscope is that the acoustic wave is produced or detected in near-field area whether ultrasonic transducer acts as generator or detector.The resolution of SNAM can reach to nanometer scale.First,two typical SNAMs,scanning electron acoustic Inicroscope and scanning probe acoustic microscope,will be introduced in this paper.The working principle of our homemade SNAM based on a commercial scanning probe microscope will be reported,together with some recent results from this homemade SNAM.展开更多
To address the challenge of visualizing internal defects within castings, ultrasonic nondestructive testing technology has been introduced for the detection and characterization of internal defects in castings. Ultras...To address the challenge of visualizing internal defects within castings, ultrasonic nondestructive testing technology has been introduced for the detection and characterization of internal defects in castings. Ultrasonic testing is widely utilized for detecting and characterizing internal defects in materials, thanks to its strong penetration ability, wide testing area, and fast scanning speed. However, traditional ultrasonic testing primarily relies on one-dimensional waveforms or two-dimensional images to analyze internal defects in billets, which hinders intuitive characterization of defect quantity, size, spatial distribution, and other relevant information. Consequently, a three-dimensional (3D) layered characterization method of billets internal quality based on scanning acoustic microscope (SAM) is proposed. The method starts with a layered focus scanning of the billet using SAM and pre-processing the obtained sequence of ultrasonic images. Next, the ray casting is employed to reconstruct 3D shape of defects in billets, allowing for characterization of their quality by obtaining characteristic information on defect spatial distributions, quantity, and sizes. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed method, specimens of 42CrMo billets are prepared using five different processes, and the method is employed to evaluate their internal quality. Finally, a comparison between the ultrasonic image and the metallographic image reveals a difference in dimensional accuracy of only 2.94%. The results indicate that the new method enables visualization of internal defect information in billets, serving as a valuable complement to the traditional method of characterizing their internal quality.展开更多
In this paper,scanning acoustic microscope(SAM) was used to obtain some characteristic photographs which explain the mesoscopic information of several cracked specimens.New results on subsurface information of steel,n...In this paper,scanning acoustic microscope(SAM) was used to obtain some characteristic photographs which explain the mesoscopic information of several cracked specimens.New results on subsurface information of steel,nickel and aluminium were presented.Plastic deformation and crack initiation were observed and analysed.The length of crack propagation was measured.SAM is particularly suited to the study of many mesoscopic phenomena in material science because it can image mesoscopic subsurface feature without sectioning.It is revealed that SAM has a bright future in the field of mesomechanics.展开更多
文摘Introduction: A scanning acoustic microscope (SAM) is an apparatus for imaging acoustic properties. This apparatus can non-invasively and rapidly evaluate the hardness of materials in the elastic region. This device shows great potential for the diagnosis of dental caries in the clinical setting. However, since the tissue elastic modulus measured using a SAM is a property of the elastic region and the Knoop hardness is a property of the plastic region, the hardness properties differ completely. Therefore, we investigated whether the acoustic impedance measured using a SAM is related to the Knoop hardness, which is used as the standard for removal of carious dentin. Method: Polished sections were prepared from 20 extracted carious wisdom teeth. The acoustic impedance and Knoop hardness were measured for each section. In addition to comparing carious and healthy dentin in SAM images, we evaluated the difference between the carious and healthy dentin in terms of the acoustic impedance and Knoop hardness. We also evaluated the correlation between the Knoop hardness and acoustic impedance. Results: The SAM images were visualized as two-dimensional color images based on the acoustic impedance values. The mean acoustic impedance of carious dentin was significantly lower than that of healthy dentin, showing a similar trend as Knoop hardness. A strong correlation was observed between the two. Discussion: The acoustic impedance values obtained through acoustic microscopy differed significantly between carious and sound dentin. Both types of dentins were visualized using two-dimensional color images. A strong correlation was observed between the acoustic impedance value, which indicates the hardness of the elastic region, and the Knoop hardness, which indicates the hardness of the plastic region. The results of the present study indicate that acoustic impedance accurately reflects the hardness of dentin.
文摘The knife-edge and harmonic technique in the Scanning Laser Acoustic Microscope is studied in this paper. The operating frequency of the SLAM can be increased from 100MHz to 300MHz by using the harmonic technique. The acoustic images of some samples are obtained on our SLAM at 300MHz.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.50971011 and 10874006)Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.1102025)Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20091102110038)
文摘Scanning near-field acoustic microscope(SNAM)combines the ultrasonic detection technology with scanning near-field microscopy.The main characteristic of such microscope is that the acoustic wave is produced or detected in near-field area whether ultrasonic transducer acts as generator or detector.The resolution of SNAM can reach to nanometer scale.First,two typical SNAMs,scanning electron acoustic Inicroscope and scanning probe acoustic microscope,will be introduced in this paper.The working principle of our homemade SNAM based on a commercial scanning probe microscope will be reported,together with some recent results from this homemade SNAM.
基金supported by the joint funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U22A20186)the Open Foundation of Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology (Wuhan University of Science and Technology) Ministry of Education (Grant No. MECOF2019804)the Foundation of Key Technologies R&D Program of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2020B0101130007).
文摘To address the challenge of visualizing internal defects within castings, ultrasonic nondestructive testing technology has been introduced for the detection and characterization of internal defects in castings. Ultrasonic testing is widely utilized for detecting and characterizing internal defects in materials, thanks to its strong penetration ability, wide testing area, and fast scanning speed. However, traditional ultrasonic testing primarily relies on one-dimensional waveforms or two-dimensional images to analyze internal defects in billets, which hinders intuitive characterization of defect quantity, size, spatial distribution, and other relevant information. Consequently, a three-dimensional (3D) layered characterization method of billets internal quality based on scanning acoustic microscope (SAM) is proposed. The method starts with a layered focus scanning of the billet using SAM and pre-processing the obtained sequence of ultrasonic images. Next, the ray casting is employed to reconstruct 3D shape of defects in billets, allowing for characterization of their quality by obtaining characteristic information on defect spatial distributions, quantity, and sizes. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed method, specimens of 42CrMo billets are prepared using five different processes, and the method is employed to evaluate their internal quality. Finally, a comparison between the ultrasonic image and the metallographic image reveals a difference in dimensional accuracy of only 2.94%. The results indicate that the new method enables visualization of internal defect information in billets, serving as a valuable complement to the traditional method of characterizing their internal quality.
基金Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘In this paper,scanning acoustic microscope(SAM) was used to obtain some characteristic photographs which explain the mesoscopic information of several cracked specimens.New results on subsurface information of steel,nickel and aluminium were presented.Plastic deformation and crack initiation were observed and analysed.The length of crack propagation was measured.SAM is particularly suited to the study of many mesoscopic phenomena in material science because it can image mesoscopic subsurface feature without sectioning.It is revealed that SAM has a bright future in the field of mesomechanics.
