Are current hydrophone low frequency response standards acceptable for measuring mechanical/cavitation indices?

Ultrasonics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 649-654

  Harris, Gerald R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical cavitation indices; PVDF hydrophones; Ultrasonic hydrophone calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HIGH PASS FILTERS; PRESSURE; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; STANDARDS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE STANDARDS; HIGH PASS FILTERING; MECHANICAL CAVITATION INDICES; PRESSURE WAVEFORM; RARE FRACTIONAL PRESSURE; ULTRASONIC HYDROPHONE CALIBRATION;

HYDROPHONES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; OSCILLOMETRY; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; EUROPE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; OSCILLOMETRY; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030201341     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-624X(96)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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7. G.R. Harris, IEEE Trans. UFFC 35 (1988) 87.