Ultrasonic transducer simulation and field visualization

Author

Bredthauer, G.R. ; von Ramm, O.T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

971

Abstract

The process of designing an ultrasonic phased array benefits from the ability to quickly view the effects of transducer modifications. This is particularly important for sparse arrays, where small changes in element placement or symmetry can have large effects on the transmitted field. Rapid feedback on these parameters is enabled through simulations that exploit modern computer processors. A program to perform these simulations is presented.

Keywords

biomedical transducers; biomedical ultrasonics; digital simulation; feedback; medical diagnostic computing; ultrasonic transducer arrays; computer simulations; element placement; field visualization; medical diagnostic imaging; medical instrumentation; modern computer processors; sparse arrays; transducer modifications effects; transmitted field; ultrasonic phased array; ultrasonic transducer simulation; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical transducers; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Modems; Phased arrays; Societies; Ultrasonic transducer arrays; Ultrasonic transducers; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1106231

Filename

1106231