A Whole-Brain Ultrasonic Neural Stimulation And Photoacoustic Recording System In Behaving Animals
Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Omer Oralkan
Project runs from 09/01/2017 to 08/31/2019
$437,037
This project aims to develop a 2D capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) array with integrated electronics and optics that is capable of ultrasonic neural stimulation in 3D volume by dynamic transmit beamforming and real-time recording of hemodynamic activity in response to stimulation by volumetric photoacoustic imaging. The described technology will equip the neuroscience community with a research tool to further explore the emerging field of ultrasonic neural stimulation and to monitor metabolic/hemodynamic responses in awake/behaving animals with real-time photoacoustic imaging.
