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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2008 May 23;34(10):1578–1589. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.02.012

Table 3.

Percent pressure reduction at the MCA origin and at the location of the maximum peak-to-peak pressure relative to the free field. Also listed are metrics for the degree of ultrasound field aberration. The dashes indicate that no measurement was performed because of a severely distorted field (non-collimated beam).

Frequency (MHz) Skull number Percent pressure reduction at the MCA origin relative to the free field (%) Percent pressure reduction at the position of maximum peak-to-peak pressure (%) Relative position of maximum peak-to-peak pressure from the MCA origin (0,0,0) (mm) Distance from the location of maximum peak-to-peak pressure from the MCA origin (mm)

0.12 1 22.5 4.4 (–2, –1, –5) 5.5
2 41.9 14.2 (–3,3, –22) 22.4
3 45.5 15.5 (–4,5, –17) 18.2
4 23.0 0.9 (–6, –3, –20) 21.1
5 32.8 8.0 (–3,1, –19) 19.3

1.03 1 37.4 23.8 (0, –3, –21) 21.2
2 91.6 -- -- --
3 78.4 -- -- --
4 59.5 42.7 (1, –2, –18) 18.1
5 56.5 45.6 (–1, –4, –22) 22.4

2.00 1 80.4 69.0 (1, –4, –14) 14.6
2 96.6 -- -- --
3 92.1 -- -- --
4 86.0 75.8 (1, –2, –19) 19.1
5 77.1 76.4 (–1, –3, –20) 20.2