A comparison of time-domain solutions for the full-wave equation and the parabolic wave equation for a diagnostic ultrasound transducer

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 730-733

  Pinton, Gianmarco F ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATING MEDIUMS; AXIAL INTENSITIES; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUNDS; FIELD II; FINITE DIFFERENCES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE SOLUTIONS; LINEAR WAVE EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; PARABOLIC WAVE EQUATIONS; SIMULATION PACKAGES; TIME-DOMAIN METHODS; TIME-DOMAIN SOLUTIONS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

WAVE EQUATIONS;

EID: 64849113095     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.698     Document Type: Article

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