Native Tissue Harmonic Imaging: Page 1 Ultrasound Quarterly Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 40–48 O 2000
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., Philadelphia CME ARTICLE Native Tissue Harmonic …

Simulations are presented which indicate that imag-ing at the second-harmonic frequency
does not solve the problem of ultrasonic wave aberration. The nonlinearity of acoustic wave …

The propagation of ultrasonic waves is nonlinear. Phenomena associated with the
propagation of diagnostic ultrasound pulses cannot be predicted using linear assumptions …

In recent years the interest in nonlinear acoustics has dramatically increased in diagnostic
ultrasound. There are two main areas where nonlinear acoustics is used in medical imaging …

Over the last year or so, several major manufacturers of ultrasound scanners have brought
out machines equipped with a new grey-scale imaging option called" tissue harmonic …

Methods: A numerical simulation was used to predict harmonic waveform shape given
ultrasound scanners signal path limitation. It was further used to design ideal THI waveforms …

Over the last few decades medical ultrasound has become an established diagnostic and
therapeutic tool since it produces detailed and high resolution images of tissues in human …

Harmonic imaging coupled to the use of contrast agents is a topic of wide interest in
ultrasonic medical imaging. Images are built at twice the excitation frequency that …

Tissue harmonic imaging is used on almost all modern diagnostic ultrasound equipment.
The clinical success of this modality involves a combination of fortuitous factors. The …