A numerical study of the effect of drive level on the intensity loss from an ultrasonic beam

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1083-1088

  Baker, Andrew C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIAN MICHELSEN RESEARCH AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomedical ultrasound; Finite amplitude effects; Nonlinear propagation; Ultrasonic heating; Ultrasonic streaming

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STREAMING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEATING; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION;

ULTRASONIC BEAMS; ULTRASONIC HEATING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACOUSTICS; BIOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 0030963871     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00110-5     Document Type: Article

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