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Focused beam through two medium

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Laky

Member
Joined: Feb '15
Posts: 2

Hi,

I need to simulate focusing ultrasound beam to point through two medium. From transducer to lens throught medium 1 and then in medium 2 to point in medium 3 (see "picture" below).
Is it possible to simulate this problem with K-Wave?

Tahnk You,
L.

c1<c2
c2>c3

-------------------------------
| piezo or transducer |
-------------------------------

|... medium 1 ...|
| ... ... |
| ... ... |
| ...acoustic lens.. |
| |
| |
| medium 2 |
-------------------------------

medium 3

(*) focus

Posted 9 years ago #
Laky

Member
Joined: Feb '15
Posts: 2

Attached picture here:
http://www.pixhost.org/show/2738/25162495_sim2.jpg

Posted 9 years ago #
Bradley Treeby

Developer
Joined: Mar '10
Posts: 1,643

Hi Laky,

Yes this is certainly possible using k-Wave, and relatively easy to setup. The different materials are defined by assigning the sound speed and density as matrices the same size as your computational grid. A good place to start is to work through some of the k-Wave examples accessible through the MATLAB help browser, in particular the Initial Value Problems examples which explain how to setup a simulation with a heterogeneous medium.

Keep in mind that k-Wave doesn't include any kind of electromechanical model of piezoelectricity - transducers are defined as mass (monopole) or force (dipole) sources, or as Dirichlet boundary conditions.

Good luck with your simulations!

Brad.

Posted 9 years ago #

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