TABLE II.
Transducer and Wave Properties
| Frequency (MHz) | 1.45 | 1.53 | 3.91 | |
| Diameter (mm) | Geometrical | 100 | 100 | 25 |
| Effective | 100 ± 3 | 83 ± 1 | 17 ± 1 | |
| Focal Length (mm) | 100 | 150 | 25 | |
| Spectral Index SI | 0.42 ± 0.01 | 0.34 ± 0.01 | 0.41 ± 0.01 | |
| Nonlinear propagation parameter σm | 2.45 ± 0.06 | 2.30 ± 0.03 | 2.44 ± 0.07 | |
| Local distortion parameter σq | 3.79 ± 0.06 | 2.97 ± 0.01 | 2.89 ± 0.05 | |
| Exponent q (σn = σ1 / nq) | n =1-5 | 0.72 ± 0.01 | 0.64 ± 0.03 | 0.59 ± 0.01 |
| 0-40 MHz | 0.60 ± 0.01 | 0.50 ± 0.03 | 0.53 ± 0.01 | |
| Focal pressure (MPa) | 48.7 ± 0.3 | 16.2 ± 0.4 | 29.4 ± 0.4 | |