A contrast source method for nonlinear acoustic wave fields in media with spatially inhomogeneous attenuation

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1221-1230

  Demi, L ^a   Dongen, K W A Van ^a   Verweij, M D ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Microelectronics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD SCATTERING; DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND; EXACT RESULTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGHER HARMONICS; INHOMOGENEITIES; LINEAR MEDIA; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; NON-LINEAR ACOUSTICS; NON-LINEAR MEDIA; RELAXATION FUNCTIONS; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS; WAVE METHOD; WAVEFIELDS; WESTERVELT EQUATION;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; FORWARD SCATTERING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRESSURE; TIME; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; DEVICES;

ABSORPTION; COMPLIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MOTION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79953062643     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3543986     Document Type: Article

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