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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2015 Jan 22;41(3):814–831. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.10.020

Table 2.

In vivo pressure estimations based on a simple tissue attenuation model.

Estimated In Vivo Imaging Pressures
State Max PNP
Axial
Location
(cm)
Maximum
PNP Value
(MPa)
Mechanical
Index
B-mode 0.50 0.27 0.09
Pulse Inversion 0.50 0.43 0.14

Estimated In Vivo Activation Pressures

Description Axial Location (cm) PNP Value (MPa) Mechanical Index

Start of Kidney 0.30 3.70 1.65
Maximum PNP 0.85 4.50 2.01
End of Kidney 1.00 4.20 1.89
End of Activation ROI 1.20 3.80 1.70