Investigation of focused and unfocused transducer beam patterns in moderately nonlinear absorbing media

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4325, Issue , 2001, Pages 436-444

  Kharin, N A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Focused transducer; Moderate nonlinearity; Nonlinear ultrasound; Second harmonic

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FOCUSING; GLYCEROL; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

NONLINEAR ULTRASOUND; TRANSDUCER BEAM PATTERNS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0034864755     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.428222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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