Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1568-1580 , October 2010

Broadband Reduction of the Second Harmonic Distortion During Nonlinear Ultrasound Wave Propagation

  • Mirza Pasovic

      Affiliations

    • CREATIS-LRMN, Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
    • THORAXCENTER, Department of Biomedical Engineering Ee2302, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Mirza Pasovic, University of Lyon, CREATIS-LRMN, Bat. Blaise Pascal, 7, Avenue Jean Capelle, 69621 Villeurbanne cedex, France.
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  • Mike Danilouchkine

      Affiliations

    • THORAXCENTER, Department of Biomedical Engineering Ee2302, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Guillaume Matte

      Affiliations

    • THORAXCENTER, Department of Biomedical Engineering Ee2302, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Antonius F.W. van der Steen

      Affiliations

    • THORAXCENTER, Department of Biomedical Engineering Ee2302, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Olivier Basset

      Affiliations

    • CREATIS-LRMN, Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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  • Nico de Jong

      Affiliations

    • THORAXCENTER, Department of Biomedical Engineering Ee2302, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Christian Cachard

      Affiliations

    • CREATIS-LRMN, Université de Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France

Received 9 October 2009 ,Revised 20 May 2010 ,Accepted 13 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.06.006

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1568-1580 , October 2010

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