Comparison of sound pressure distribution determined by numerical analysis and scaled-up experiment for small ultrasonic probe with lens

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 7 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  Tsuchiya, Takenobu ^a   Matsumoto, Sayuri ^b   Naitou, Fumitaka ^a   Takahashi, Mari ^a   Endoh, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D FDTD; ACOUSTIC LENS; AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; CALCULATION TIME; FDTD CALCULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL PROBE; NUMERICAL MODELS; SOUND PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SOUND PROPAGATION; SOUND SOURCE; ULTRASONIC PROBE;

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; CATHETERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PROBES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

LENSES;

EID: 72049116044     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.48.07GK10     Document Type: Article

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