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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 20.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2013 Dec 30;59(2):465–484. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/2/465

Table 1.

Acoustic parameters used in various experiments

Pulse type Imaging pulse ARF pulse
Plane wave Plane wave
Center frequency = 4.5 MHz Center frequency = 4.5 MHz
Detail Pulse length = 1 cycle Pulse length = 15 cycles
PRFa = 12 Hz PRF = 0.5, 2.5, 5 kHz
Peak-negative pressure = 12.3 kPa Peak-negative pressure = 110.3 kPa
MIb = 0.006 MI = 0.05
Frame rate = 4 Hzc
a

Average pulse repetition frequency

b

Mechanical index

c

Echo data from three consecutive imaging pulses was used to form one image. Frame rate = PRF / 3 = 4 Hz.