Figure 1.
Piezo1 channel is activated by ultrasound with various insonification parameters, using our VD-SAW platform. (a) A schematic illustration of the combined VD-SAW transducer and fluorescent imaging system: 1: condenser, 2: function generator, 3: power amplifier, 4: three-axis micro-manipulator, 5: glass-bottom Petri dish, 6: 20 × objective lens. (b) An illustration of various parameters of the ultrasound pulses: PL: pulse length, T: period, f0: fundamental frequency, Vin: input voltage, DC: duty cycle, PRP: pulse repetition period, PRF: pulse repetition frequency. (c) Diagrams depicting different insonification protocols with varying PL while maintaining a constant total ultrasound exposure energy. TT: treatment time.