The influence of finite aperture and frequency response of ultrasonic hydrophone probes on the determination of acoustic output

Ultrasonics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-9, 2004, Pages 367-372

  Radulescu, E G ^a   Lewin, P A ^a   Wojcik J ^b   Nowicki, A ^b   Berger, W A ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear propagation; Safety indices; Spatial averaging; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYDROPHONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; SAFETY INDICES; SPATIAL AVERAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 1642632783     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2003.11.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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