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The ultrasound pulse starts out with a sinusoidal waveform (2a). As the wave passes through tissue (2b), the wave speeds up very slightly during the compression phase (solid arrows) and during the rarefaction phase the wave slows slightly (open arrows). This causes a distortion of the wave and crea tes the ha rmonic frequencies.
