Modelling Nonlinear Ultrasound Propagation in Absorbing Media using the k-Wave Toolbox: Experimental Validation

Modelling Nonlinear Ultrasound Propagation in Absorbing Media using the k-Wave Toolbox: Experimental Validation

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The simulation of nonlinear ultrasound waves in biological tissue has a number of important applications. However, this is a computationally intensive task due to the large domain sizes required for many problems of practical interest. Recently, an efficient full-wave nonlinear ultrasound model was developed and released as part of the open source k-Wave Toolbox. Here, this model is validated using a series of experimental measurements made with a linear diagnostic ultrasound probe and a membrane hydrophone. Measurements were performed in both deionised water and olive oil, the latter exhibiting power law absorption characteristics similar to human tissue. Steering angles of 0° and 20° were also tested, with propagation distances on the order of hundreds of acoustic wavelengths. The simulated and experimental results show a close agreement in both the time and frequency domains. These results demonstrate the quantitative validity of performing nonlinear ultrasound simulations using the k-Wave toolbox.

The simulation of nonlinear ultrasound waves in biological tissue has a number of important applications. However, this is a computationally intensive task due to the large domain sizes required for many problems of practical interest. Recently, an efficient full-wave nonlinear ultrasound model was developed and released as part of the open source k-Wave Toolbox. Here, this model is validated using a series of experimental measurements made with a linear diagnostic ultrasound probe and a membrane hydrophone. Measurements were performed in both deionised water and olive oil, the latter exhibiting power law absorption characteristics similar to human tissue. Steering angles of 0° and 20° were also tested, with propagation distances on the order of hundreds of acoustic wavelengths. The simulated and experimental results show a close agreement in both the time and frequency domains. These results demonstrate the quantitative validity of performing nonlinear ultrasound simulations using the k-Wave toolbox.

WANG, K.; TEOH, E.; JAROŠ, J.; TREEBY, B.

14.10.2012

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Dresden

978-1-4673-4561-3

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

523

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http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6562209/

Modelling Nonlinear Ultrasound Propagation in Absorbing Media using the k-Wave Toolbox: Experimental Validation