Effects of nonlinearity on the estimation of in situ values of acoustic output parameters

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-41

  Szabo, Thomas L ^a   Clougherty, Frances ^b   Grossman, Charles ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attenuation; Harmonic; Hydrophone; Nonlinearity; Ultrasonic exposimetery

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISPLAY SYSTEM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; SOUND INTENSITY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032900557     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.1.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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