A fast implementation for computing spatial impulse response of ultrasonic transducers

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2016-03-13
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Thespatialimpulseresponse(SIR)methodisoftenusedasthe’goldstandard5insimulationoftransientacousticwavefieldsduetoitshighaccuracyinthelineardomain.However,ahighsamplingfrequencyisoftenrequiredinordertoachievethehighaccuracy.Asaresult,alargeamountofdatahastobeprocessed.Inthispaperafastapproachforcomputingspatialimpulseresponseisproposedtoreducethecomputationburden.TheproposedapproachisdevelopedbyemployingtherelationshipofSIRsatobservedpointsandSIRsoftheprojectionpointsonthetransducersurface.Twocriticalparametersusedintheproposedapproach,thecalculationsamplingfrequencyandtheinterpolationsamplingfrequency,arethenanalyzed.Resultsshowthatfora2.25MHzrectangulartransducerwiththesizeof5mmxlOmm,acalculationsamplingfrequencyof1000MHzandaninterpolationsamplingfrequencyof500MHzcanachievesuperiorperformancewhileimprovingthecomputationefficiency18timesthanthedirectsolving.