Estimating acoustic peak pressure generated by ultrasound transducers from harmonic distortion level measurement

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2008 Sep;34(9):1528-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.03.003. Epub 2008 May 1.

Abstract

Pressure amplitude measurement is important for general research on ultrasound. Because it requires high accuracy, it is usually done using a hydrophone calibrated by an accredited laboratory. In this paper, a method is proposed for estimating the pressure amplitude in the ultrasound field using an uncalibrated single-element transducer and Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya-Kuznetsov simulations of the ultrasound field. The accuracy of the method is shown to be better than 20% for slightly focused and nonfocused transducers. Extending the method to a pulse-echo setup enables pressure measurement of a transducer without the need for an extra transducer or hydrophone.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Calibration
  • Humans
  • Transducers*
  • Ultrasonics*