Abstract
The authors show that the backscatter coefficient can be derived from experimental data without making such approximations. The cases of narrow-band and broadband pulses are treated, and the method is applicable whatever the distance between the interrogated volume of scatterers and the transducer face. It is shown that, for a given pulse form, the gate duration must be sufficiently long in order to attain a specified accuracy for the measured backscatter coefficient. A test of the method was done using a phantom with well-defined scattering properties. Very good agreement was found between measured values of backscatter coefficients and those calculated using a first-principles theory.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 913-923 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of the Acoustical Society of America |
Volume | 76 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1984 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Acoustics and Ultrasonics