Schlieren study of pulsed ultrasound transmission through human skull

✍ Scribed by S. W. Smith; F. L. Thurstone

• Book ID: 102330530
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 436 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870020110

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A study has been made of the effects of the human skull on pulsed ultrasound from a diagnostic transducer. Schlieren photographs of ultrasound transmitted through a pediatric skull were made in various directions. Other than attenuation, little effect was observed on the directionality or spatial distribution of the ultrasonic pulses. These observations may be significant in considering the deleterious effects of the skull on imaging intracranial anatomy.