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A numerical technique, especially efficient in the simulation of line response, is proposed for the fast calculation of pulse echoes in arbitrarily shaped ultrasound transducers. The simulation result obtained by the proposed calculation method shows good agreement with experiment at several observing depths.
Inspec keywords: numerical analysis; ultrasonic reflection; ultrasonic transducers
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Subjects: General linear acoustics; Sensing devices and transducers; Sonic and ultrasonic transducers and sensors; Transduction; devices for the generation and reproduction of sound