Nonlinear propagation in ultrasonic fields: Measurements, modelling and harmonic imaging

Ultrasonics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 267-272

  Humphrey, Victor F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC DISTORTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

KHOKHLOV-ZABOLOTSKAYA-KUZNETSOV (KZK) EQUATION; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION;

ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033907017     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(99)00122-5     Document Type: Article

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