Abstract
This paper presents a method for imaging the nonlinear parameter B/A. It is based on measuring phase shift and frequency shift of a high frequency acoustic probe wave by a low frequency acoustic pump wave. These measurements yield the real and the imaginary parts of the Fourier component of the distribution B/A at the wave number of the pump wave. We also derive the necessary set of wave numbers of the pump wave which must be employed to accurately image the B/A parameter. We show that these wave numbers are a function of sampling period and sampling number. Simulations of the imaging method show that the proposed method in this paper leads to more accurate imaging of B/A than the earlier method.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 175-181 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1990 |
Keywords
- Fourier transform
- Frequency modulation
- Inverse Fourier transform
- Nonlinear parameter B/A
- Phase modulation
- Probe wave
- Pump wave
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
- Acoustics and Ultrasonics