Title :
Preliminary investigation of nonlinear dual frequency mixing technique for the estimation of the nonlinear parameter B / A
Author :
Pasovic, M. ; Matte, G. ; van der Steen, Anton F. W.
Author_Institution :
Univ. de Lyon, Villeurbanne
Abstract :
The nonlinear parameter B/A, better know as the Beyer parameter, is a measure of the nonlinearity between variations of the pressure and density. Because of these variation propagating wave is distorted. Media with the different Beyer parameter, will distort wave differently. In our work we are trying to measure this distortion, which will allow us to calculate the Beyer parameter. For this we used a dual frequency probe, that radiated pressure at /lf = 800 kHz and /hf = 5 MHz. LF pressure had high amplitude, to modulate the media parameters, while HF pressure had low amplitude and was used for measurements.
Keywords :
acoustic distortion; nonlinear acoustics; nonlinear distortion; nonlinear estimation; ultrasonic propagation; Beyer parameter; nonlinear acoustics; nonlinear dual frequency mixing technique; nonlinear parameter estimation; nonlinear ultrasound propagation; wave distortion; Acoustic distortion; Distortion measurement; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Nonlinear distortion; Pressure measurement; Probes; Pulse modulation; Taylor series; Transducers; Acoustics; Computer Simulation; Elasticity; Equipment Design; Models, Statistical; Models, Theoretical; Nonlinear Dynamics; Normal Distribution; Pressure; Software; Ultrasonics; Water;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352755