A new method that utilizes nonlinear properties of tissue (or another media) to improve ultrasound image resolution is presented. In our novel method the acoustic source is activated with two tones burst (2.2 and 4.4 MHz) with specially designed polarization of the individual tone burst. This new approach is called multi tone nonlinear coding MNC because the choice of polarization of the both tones (and their amplitudes) allowing optimization of the receiving properties depends on the nonlinear properties of tissue. The calculations were done for two tones bursts propagating in the tissue-like lossy medium with absorption of 7 Np/mźMHz. The concept of the Virtual Fields was introduced to explain abilities and properties of pulse inversion and MNC method and to compare both. Comparison of the spatial field distribution obtained using MNC and conventional harmonic imaging approach, in which the first harmonic is used to reconstruct the image are presented.
The modern theory concerning to the heating cased by powerful sound source is presented. In contrast to the well-known approach allowing to calculate slowly varying heating due to periodic ultrasound, any acoustic sources may be treated. Subtle temporal structure of thermal lens forming may be traced. Formulae governing the forming of the thermal lens by arbitrary (including non-periodic) source are presented. The process is illustrated by some figures.
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