Is the Kramers-Kronig relationship between ultrasonic attenuation and dispersion maintained in the presence of apparent losses due to phase cancellation?

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 222-228

  Bauer, Adam Q ^a   Marutyan, Karen R ^a   Holland, Mark R ^a   Miller, James G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; COHERENT LIGHT; PHASE VELOCITY; POLYMERS; ULTRASONIC DISPERSION;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; KRAMERS-KRONIG RELATIONSHIP; PHASE CANCELLATION; PHASE DISTORTION;

ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

PLASTIC; POLYMER; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYCARBONATE;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547413095     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2735803     Document Type: Article

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