Sonoluminescence emission spectra of a 3.6 MHz HIFU in sweeping mode. 2022

Noura Sleiman, and Loïc Hallez, and Rachel Pflieger, and Sergey I Nikitenko, and Jean-Yves Hihn
UTINAM UMR 6213, Univ Bourgogne-Franche-Comté/CNRS, Besançon, France; ICSM UMR 5257 - CEA, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France; IRT M2P, Metz, France.

Use of sweeping mode with a 3.6 MHz High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) allows cavitation activity to be controlled. This is especially true in the pre-focal zone where the high concentration of bubbles acts as an acoustic reflector and quenches cavitation above this area. Previous studies attributed the enhancement of cavitation activity under negative sweep to the activation of more bubble nuclei, requiring deeper investigations. After mapping this activity with SCL measurements, cavitation noise spectra were recorded. The behavior of the acoustic broadband noise follows the sonochemical one i.e., showing the same attenuation (positive scan) or intensification (negative scan) of cavitational activity. In 1 M NaCl 3.7 mM 2-propanol solution saturated by a mixture of Ar-15.5%O2-2.2%N2, intensities of SL spectra are high enough to allow detection of several molecular emissions (OH, NH, C2, Na) under negative frequency sweeps. This is the first report of molecular emissions at such high frequency. Their intensities are low, and they are very broad, following the trend obtained at fixed frequency up to 1 MHz. Under optimized conditions, CN emission chosen as a spectroscopic probe is strong enough to be simulated, which is reported for the first time at such high frequency. The resulting characteristics of the plasma do not show any spectral difference, so bubble nature is the same in the pre-and post-focal zone under different sweeping parameters. Consequently, SL and SCL intensification was not related to a change in plasma nature inside the bubbles but to the number of cavitation bubbles.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D000162 Acoustics The branch of physics that deals with sound and sound waves. In medicine it is often applied in procedures in speech and hearing studies. With regard to the environment, it refers to the characteristics of a room, auditorium, theatre, building, etc. that determines the audibility or fidelity of sounds in it. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) Acoustic
D057086 High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation The use of focused, high-frequency sound waves to destroy tissue. It is sometimes used in conjunction with but is distinct from INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation

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