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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2009 Apr;56(4):715–726. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1094

Table II.

Average KVFD Model Parameter Values (α, E0, and τ′) Estimated in the Inclusion and Background for the Object (top) and Ultrasonic (bottom) Parametric Images Displayed in Figs. 3 and 4.

Object parametric images

Simulation # (1) (2)
α Inclusion 0.621 ± 0.002 0.810 ± 0.002
Background 0.959 ± 0.002 0.813 ± 0.001
E 0 Inclusion 1221 ± 1 1564 ± 2
(Pa) Background 261 ± 2 378 ± 2
τ′ Inclusion 21 ± 1 15 ± 1
(s) Background 63 ± 2 18 ± 1
ε 0 Inclusion 0.70 0.72
(%) Background 1.22 1.32
ε Inclusion 0.78 0.79
(%) Background 1.61 1.61
Ultrasonic parametric images
Simulation # (1) (2)

α Inclusion 0.49 ± 0.01 0.95 ± 0.02
Background 0.89 ± 0.02 0.93 ± 0.04
E 0 Inclusion 458 ± 6 544 ± 5
(Pa) Background 265 ± 2 350 ± 4
τ′ Inclusion 150 ± 12 16.4 ± 0.1
(s) Background 67 ± 2 19.8 ± 0.3
ε 0 Inclusion 0.65 0.73
(%) Background 1.21 1.31
ε Inclusion 0.81 0.82
(%) Background 1.59 1.60