Production and Use of Ultrasound
 

Production and Use of Ultrasound problem 4


A parallel beam of ultrasound of intensity is incident normally on a muscle of thickness , as shown in the figure below.




The ultrasound wave is reflected at a muscle-bone boundary. The intensity of the ultrasound received back at the transducer is . Some data for bone and muscle are given in the table below.




  • The intensity reflection coefficient for two media having specific acoustic impedances and is given by




    Calculate the fraction of the ultrasound intensity that is reflected at the muscle-bone boundary.


  • Calculate the fraction of the ultrasound intensity that is transmitted through a thickness of of muscle.


  • Use your answers in (a) and (b) to determine the ratio .


 

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