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Ultrasonic Measurement beyond Wave Length Limitation and its Application to a Diagnosis of Male Infertility

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K15586
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Urology
Research InstitutionUniversity of Hyogo

Principal Investigator

Hata Yutaka  兵庫県立大学, シミュレーション学研究科, 教授 (20218473)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 上浦 尚武  兵庫県立大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (80275312)
Research Collaborator ISHIKAWA Tomomoto  リプロダクションクリニック大阪, CEO
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords情報工学 / 男性不妊症 / 精細管診断 / フーリエ変換 / ウエブレット変換 / ファジィシステム / 超音波計測限界 / 広帯域超音波アレー / 超音波装置 / 信号処理 / 周波数解析 / 直径計測 / 医工学 / 泌尿器科学 / 波長限界
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we first published a paper describing an inverse relation between the frequency and the diameter of columnar soft matter and a visualization method that uses the discovered relation by using broadband ultrasonic single-probe in water. This relation enables us to determine these diameters by broadband ultrasonic testing with center frequency of 5.0 MHz, beyond the wavelength limitation. The experimental result clearly demonstrated line width and depth beyond the wavelength limitation. Secondly, we proposed a method that applies continuous wavelet transform instead of short-time Fourier transform, and hence overcomes both issues of spatial resolution and frequency resolution. The proposed method appropriately provided the information associated with diameter and location of the object, and that it can improve the accuracy in time resolution while retaining high accuracy in frequency resolution.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Ultrasonic-Frequency-Based Visualization of Columnar Soft Matter Beyond Wavelength Limitations2017

    • Author(s)
      Yutaka Hata, Fellow, IEEE, Yuya Takashima, Koki Tsukuda, Sho Kikuchi, and Tomomoto Ishikawa
    • Journal Title

      TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS: SYSTEMS

      Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 2 Pages: 224-231

    • DOI

      10.1109/tsmc.2016.2598294

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Continuous-wavelet-transform-based visualization for seminiferous tubule using broadband ultrasonic imaging2016

    • Author(s)
      S. Furukawa, S. Kobashi, N. Kamiura, Y. Hata, S. Imawaki and T. Ishikawa
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics

      Volume: 52 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 461-469

    • DOI

      10.3233/jae-162034

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Seminiferous Tubule Visualization by Continuous Wavelet Transform on Broadband Ultrasonic Imaging2015

    • Author(s)
      S. Furukawa, S. Kobashi, N. Kamiura, Y. Hata, S. Imawaki and T. Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      17th Int. Sympo. on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics
    • Place of Presentation
      淡路夢舞台国際会議場(兵庫県、淡路市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-15
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 連続ウェーブレット変換を用いた超音波線状物質可視化システム2015

    • Author(s)
      古川 翔一, 小橋 昌司, 上浦 尚武, 畑 豊
    • Organizer
      第59回システム制御情報学会研究発表講演会講演予稿集
    • Place of Presentation
      中央電気倶楽部(大阪府、大阪市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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