Development of calibration techniques for ultrasonic hydrophone probes in the frequency range from 1 to 100 MHz

Ultrasonics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-311

  Umchid, S ^a   Gopinath, R ^b   Srinivasan, K ^b   Lewin, P A ^b,c   Daryoush, A S ^b   Bansal, L ^d   El Sherif, M ^d  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NORTH BANGKOK   (Thailand)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Photonics Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optic hydrophone probe; Hydrophone calibration; Nonlinear propagation; Piezoelectric polymer ultrasound hydrophone probes; Spatial averaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; CALIBRATION; HYDROPHONES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PROBES; SENSORS; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTO OPTICS; CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS; CALIBRATION METHODS; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS; FIBER OPTIC HYDROPHONE PROBE; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH-FREQUENCY CHARACTERIZATIONS; HIGH-INTENSITY FIELDS; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUNDS; NONLINEAR PROPAGATION; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER ULTRASOUND HYDROPHONE PROBES; PRIMARY OBJECTIVES; SENSOR FREQUENCY RESPONSE; SPATIAL AVERAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SUB MILLIMETERS; ULTRASONIC HYDROPHONES; ULTRASOUND FIELDS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TRANSDUCER; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OPTICAL DEVICES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60549114164     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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