Measurement of broadband temperature- dependent ultrasonic attenuation and dispersion using photoacoustics

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1666-1676

  Treeby, Bradley E ^a   Cox, Benjamin T ^a   Zhang, Edward Z ^a   Patch, Sarah K ^b   Beard, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION DATA; BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS; CASTOR OIL; DISPERSION DATA; ETHYLMETHACRYLATE; HIGH RESOLUTION; LASER LIGHTS; NANOSECOND PULSE; OLIVE OIL; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; PHOTOACOUSTICS; PLANE WAVE; POWER LAW; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE; SENSOR SENSITIVITY; SIGNAL LEVEL; SYSTEM USE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; ULTRASONIC ATTENUATION; ULTRASONIC CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND WAVES;

ABSORPTION; DISPERSION (WAVES); FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SENSORS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; VEGETABLE OILS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CASTOR OIL; OLIVE OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; CASTOR OIL; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PLANT OILS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 68649092589     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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