Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases: I. A Novel Approach to the Quantification of the Longitudinal Speed of Sound and Its Potential for Tissue Characterization. | LitMetric
Described here is a method to determine the longitudinal speed of sound in speckle-dominated ultrasound images. The method is based on the concept that the quality of an ultrasound image is maximized when the beamformer's speed of sound matches the speed in the medium. The method captures the quality of the ultrasound image using two quantitative image-quality metrics: image brightness and sharpness around the intended focal zone. The proposed method requires no calibration, is computationally efficient and is deployable on commercial ultrasound systems without hardware or software modifications. Ex vivo testing on tissue-mimicking phantoms indicates the method's accuracy in predicting the true speed of sound to within 1% of ground truth values.
This article presents a spatial environmental inversion scheme using broadband impulse signals with deep learning (DL) to model a single spatially-varying sediment layer over a fixed basement. The method is applied to data from the Seabed Characterization Experiment 2022 (SBCEX22) in the New England Mud-Patch (NEMP). Signal Underwater Sound (SUS) explosive charges generated impulsive signals recorded by a distributed array of bottom-moored hydrophones.
Statement Of The Problem: One of the most important factors in the clinical longevity of composite resin restorations is proper adhesion, which is achieved using phosphoric acid. Different phosphoric acid products might affect the micro-shear bond strength of composite resin to enamel.
Purpose: The present study aimed to evaluate the micro-shear bond strength of composite resin to sound enamel using six different brands of acid-etch agents.
Cavitation plays a crucial role in the reliability of components in refrigeration systems. The properties of refrigerants change significantly with temperature, thereby amplifying the impact of thermodynamic effects. This study, based on the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) method and the Schnerr-Sauer (S-S) cavitation model, investigates the transient cavitating flow characteristics of the R134a refrigerant in a Venturi tube (VT).
Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.
Transcranial ultrasound is used in a variety of treatments, including neuromodulation, opening the blood-brain barrier (BBB), and high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapies. To ensure safety and efficacy of these treatments, numerical simulations of the ultrasound field within the brain are used for treatment planning and evaluation. This study investigates the accuracy of numerical modelling of the propagation of focused ultrasound through cranial bones.
Male crickets sing to attract females for mating. Sound is produced by tegminal stridulation, where one wing bears a plectrum and the other a wing vein modified with cuticular teeth. The carrier frequency ( ) of the call is dictated by the wing resonance and the rate of tooth strikes.
