Frequency dependence of tissue attenuation measured by acoustic microscopy

Broadband scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) has been used to investigate the mechanical properties of sections of tissue with a resolution of around 8 microns. The work reported here extends these results by reporting the frequency dependence of the attenuation coefficient from 100-500 MHz. A discussion of the theory of the measurements is presented. The scanning laser acoustic microscope (SLAM) is used to characterize similar tissue sections at 100 MHz. The data obtained with the two forms of acoustic microscopy are compared with results from the literature.     

Frequency dependence of the acoustic radiation force acting on absorbing cylindrical shells

The frequency dependence of the radiation force function Y(p) for absorbing cylindrical shells suspended in an inviscid fluid in a plane incident sound field is analysed, in relation to the thickness and the content of their interior hollow region. The theory is modified to include the effect of hysteresis type absorption of compressional and shear waves in the material. The results of numerical calculations are presented for two viscoelastic (lucite and phenolic polymer) materials, with the hollow region filled with water or air indicating how damping and change of the interior fluid inside the shell's hollow region affect the acoustic radiation force. The acoustic radiation force acting on cylindrical lucite shells immersed in a high density fluid (in this case mercury) and filled with water in their hollow region, is also studied.     

Frequency dependence of the amplitude of domain-wall oscillations in an acoustic wave field

The velocity of oscillatory motion of domain walls is investigated as a function of the parameters of a magnetic material and an external acoustic field. The dependence of the amplitude of domain-wall oscillations on the frequency of an external acoustic wave is determined. It is found that this dependence exhibits a resonant behavior.     

Frequency dependence of acoustic resonances on blockage Position in a fast reactor subassembly wrapper

Monitoring changes of the acoustic resonance frequencies in the subassemblies of sodium cooled fast reactors is a potential method for blockage detection. The dependence of the resonance frequencies on blockage position along the subassembly has been investigated experimentally and the results compared with model predictions.     

Measurements of the anisotropy of ultrasonic velocity in freshly excised and formalin-fixed myocardial tissue

The objective of this study was to quantify the anisotropy of ultrasonic velocity in freshly excised myocardial tissue and to examine the effects of formalin-fixation. Through-transmission radio-frequency-based measurements were performed on ovine and bovine myocardial specimens from 24 different hearts. A total of 81 specimens were obtained from specific locations within each heart to investigate the possibility of regional differences in anisotropy of velocity in the left ventricular wall and septum. No regional differences were observed for either lamb or cow myocardial specimens. In addition, no specific species-dependent differences were observed between ovine and bovine myocardium. Average values of velocity at room temperature for perpendicular and parallel insonification were 1556.9 +/- 0.6 and 1565.2 +/- 0.7 m/s (mean +/- standard error), respectively, for bovine myocardium (N=45) and 1556.3 +/- 0.6 and 1564.7 +/- 0.7 m/s for ovine myocardium (N=36). Immediately after measurements of freshly excised myocardium, ovine specimens were fixed in formalin for at least one month and then measurements were repeated. Formalin-fixation appears to increase the overall velocity at all angles of insonification and to increase the magnitude of anisotropy of velocity.     

Frequency dependence of acoustic properties of aqueous glucose solutions in the VHF/UHF range

The bioultrasonic spectroscopy system was employed for measurements of velocity and attenuation coefficient of glucose solutions in the VHF/UHF range. The relation between the slope of the square of velocity and the relaxation parameters, and the relation between the frequency exponent on attenuation coefficient and the relaxation parameters are investigated. In order to carry out numerical calculations, a model for a single relaxation process is employed, wherein the attenuation coefficient is expressed as (A/( 1 + (f/falpha)2) + B)f2 where falpha is the attenuation relaxation frequency, and A and B are constants. The numerical calculations show that the slope of the square of the velocity is determined uniquely by the velocity relaxation frequency fv and v(infinity)2 - v(0)2 where v0 is the zero-frequency velocity and v(infinity) is the infinite-frequency velocity, and that the frequency exponent on the attenuation coefficient is determined uniquely by falpha and A/B. For experimental considerations, the velocities and the attenuation coefficients of 5, 15, and 25% concentration aqueous solutions of glucose were measured in the frequency range 20 to 700 MHz. The data for the 5 and 15% aqueous solutions can be explained using the single relaxation model. However, the data for the 25% aqueous solution suggest the existence of multirelaxation processes.     

The use of angular acoustic scattering measurements to estimate structural parameters of human and animal tissues

Theoretical formulations are developed, based on mathematical models of inhomogeneous continua for the expected angular variation of bulk scattering from human and animal tissues. These results are compared with experimental data on angular scattering from liver, muscle, and blood, reported in a companion paper [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 79, 2034-2047 (1986)], and deductions are drawn as to the appropriateness of the various models for representing the mechanical structure of the different tissues. On this basis, the experimental data and theoretical formulations are used to derive estimates, appropriate to the frequency range of observation (4-7 MHz), of correlation distance (or effective scatterer spacing) d, the local variabilities of density and compressibility, gamma rho = delta rho/rho and gamma kappa = delta kappa/kappa 0, and their ratio gamma rho/gamma kappa. For blood, liver, and skeletal muscle, the values derived at 6 MHz for d are approximately 5, 55, and 75 microns and for gamma rho/gamma kappa are 0.5, 0.15, and 0.28, respectively. These results are, in particular, at variance with the commonly made assumption, based on evidence from low-frequency measurements, that the ratio gamma rho/gamma kappa is sufficiently small that density terms can be ignored in calculations of human tissue scattering.     

Frequency dependence of coercive properties

Significant frequency dependence of domain wall coercive field, due to the widening of the hysteresis loops, was observed based on AC hysteresis curve measurements in epitaxial magnetic garnet films. Domain wall oscillation measurements did not reveal any frequency dependence. The different results of the two measurement methods were analyzed, and the observed frequency dependence was attributed to the inertia of the moving domain walls. It was shown that the real value of the domain wall pinning field cannot be determined by AC hysteresis measurements, even in non-conducting materials.     

Frequency dependence of ultrasonic cleaning

The frequency dependence of ultrasonic cleaning efficiency has been investigated both theoretically and experimentally for frequencies from ≈ 25 to ≈ 250 kHz. Theoretically it is useful to divide contaminants into two groups: microscopic contaminants and submicroscopic contaminants. Microscopic contaminants are best removed by lower frequency ultrasound, while submicroscopic contaminants are often best removed by ultrasound at higher frequencies. Experimental support for these conclusions is given, including ultrasonic removal of blood clots, fingerprints, proteins and grinding pastes. The shapes of many of the decontamination versus time curves are compatible with the theoretical models, which include diffusion and chemical reaction kinetics.     

Frequency dependence of amplifying parameters of a copper vapor laser using air as a buffer gas

We use a pair of copper vapor lasers in an oscillator–amplifier configuration to investigate amplifying parameters such as the small signal gain and the saturation intensity versus the pulse repetition frequency when two different types of buffer gases are employed. We show that the values of these parameters are not the same if different gas mixtures are used in the gain medium. We show that the values of the parameters are estimated to be higher if a He–Ne buffer gas is used than in the case of air. The laser output power is relatively high and has fairly good stability at some special pulse repetition frequencies when air is used as a buffer gas.     

Temperature dependence of short-range-order parameters

The short-range-order parameters are calculated as a function of the temperature, in a linear approximation. The calculation is made in two versions: taking into account the ordering energy in the first three and the first eight coordination spheres. The temperature T varies in the range 1.11T_C to 3.0T_C. It is shown that up to temperatures of order 3T_C the spectrum of short-range-order parameters is determined by the total set of nonzero ordering energies.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 48–52, April, 1978.     

Spin-dimensionality dependence of critical parameters

High-temperature series expansions for the susceptibility of isotropic classicaln-vector models are examined with special emphasis on the global dependence on the dimensionalityn of the spin field. The usual fixed-spin model and an incomplete-Gaussian model, which allows for analytic continuation to arbitrary negativen, are considered. A method of examining trends in successive estimates is employed which allows to obtain improved estimates for the extremely slowly setteling sequences as obtained for highn-values. The estimates for the two models obey the universality principle. An approximate function for the critical exponent(n) is obtained in the range –4<n. Reasonable agreement with-expansion results and 1/n-expansion values is found.     

Frequency dependence of EPR signal-to-noise.

Direct measurements of electron spin-echo signal and noise in well-characterized X-band and S-band spectrometers agree with predictions of frequency dependence based on first principles. For the particular spectrometers compared, the echo at 9.52 GHz was 9.5 times larger than the echo at 2.68 GHz, after scaling for differences in spectrometer gain. The calculated ratio was 7.6. This result contrasts with prior predictions that the frequency dependence would be much greater.     

Frequency dependence of the electron-lattice interaction

The polarisability of weakly bound states should be strongly frequency dependent, modifying the conduction electron-lattice interaction. In many cases the interaction determined from low frequency measurements will not be appropriate for calculations of high frequency phenomena.     

Frequency separation of surface acoustic waves in layered structures with acoustic metamaterials

We show theoretically that in elastic layered structures containing an upper layer of smoothly varied thickness and a substrate of a highly dispersive metametarial it is possible to significantly enhance spatial frequency separation of surface acoustic waves. Theory of Love surface acoustic waves propagation in waveguides with varied thickness, taking into account mutual modes coupling, is built. Appropriate structure of metamatererial with resonant frequency dependence of material parameters, making frequency separation effective, is provided. Efficiency of spatial frequency separation and modes coupling is calculated for various metamaterial parameters and wave frequencies.     

纳米混凝土声发射特性分析及其力学参数与声发射参数关系的研究

本文对不同二氧化硅掺量的纳米混凝土进行单轴压缩声发射试验。试验结果表明:当二氧化硅掺入量不超过3%时,纳米混凝土的声发射活性随着二氧化硅掺入量的增加而明显增强。从时间角度出发,在以时间参数作为中间变量的基础上推导出声发射能量累计数与应变的耦合关系。利用基于weibull分布的混凝土损伤本构模型,进一步推导出声发射累计数与应力以及损伤之间的耦合关系。结果表明理论曲线和试验数据结果吻合程度较好。     

Screening dependence of superconducting state parameters

Theoretical values of superconducting state parameters of a number of superconductors are presented here using linear potential with seven different forms of dielectric screening in order to exhibit the dielectric dependence of these parameters. Presently computed results on comparison with the available experimental data show that the R.P.A. screening provides the best explanation of the superconducting state in most of the metals. It has been observed that the use of a non-local pseudopotential is desirable in the case of complex metals like Al, Pb etc.     

Time dependence of vacuum arc parameters

Time-resolved investigations of the expanded plasma of vacuum arc cathode spots are described, including the study of the ion charge state distribution, the random cathode spot motion, and the crater formation. It was found that the ion charge state distribution changes over a timescale on the order of hundreds of microseconds. For the random spot motion two timescales were observed: a very short spot residence time of tens of nanoseconds which gives, combined with the step width, the diffusion parameter of the random motion, and a longer timescale on the order of 100 μs during which the diffusion parameter changes. Crater formation studies by scanning electron microscopy indicate the occurrence of larger craters at the end of crater chains. The existence of a timescale much longer than the elementary times for crater formation and spot residence can be explained by local heat accumulation