sound and ultrsounds

Sound Waves 20/4/2016 د. تيماء نوري الغلامي
Sound is one kind of longitudinal wave in which the particles oscillate
to and fro in the same direction of wave propagation. Sound waves cannot be transmitted through vacuum. The transmission of sound requires at least a medium, which can be solid, liquid, or gas. The back-and-forth vibration of an object creates the compression waves of sound. The motions of a loudspeaker cone, drumhead and guitar string are good examples of vibration that cause compression waves. This is different than the up and down or transverse motion of a water wave( Figure 1).

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Characteristics of sound

A sound wave has characteristics just like any other type of wave, including amplitude, velocity, wavelength and frequency.

Amplitude

The amplitude of a sound wave is the same thing as its loudness. Since sound is a compression wave, its loudness or amplitude would correspond to how much the wave is compressed. It is sometimes called pressure amplitude .

Wavelength (λ )

Wavelength is the distance from one crest to another of a wave. Since sound is a compression wave, the wavelength is the distance between maximum compressions.

Frequency (f )

The frequency of sound is the rate at which the waves pass a given point. It is also
the rate at which a guitar string or a loud speaker vibrates.


Period (T)
Period (T) :is the time taken by a crest to move forward one wave length .

Speed or velocity of sound

The relationship between velocity, wavelength and frequency is:
velocity = wavelength x frequency

Since a crest moves forward a distance λ in a time T .

velocity (v ) = λ / T
= λf
Where T= 1 / f

V= λf m/sec

Resonance :The ability of an object to vibrate by absorbing energy of its own
natural frequency is called resonance

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Beats

When two sound waves of different frequency approach your ear, the alternating constructive and destructive  HYPERLINK "http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/interf.html" interference causes the sound to be alternatively soft
and loud - a phenomenon which is called "beating" or producing beats. The beat frequency is equal to the absolute value of the  HYPERLINK "http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/audio/sumdif.html" difference in frequency of the two waves. (figure 2) .


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Many sound intensity measurements are made relative to a standard  HYPERLINK "http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/intens.html" threshold of hearing intensity I0


The most common approach to sound intensity measurement is to use the  HYPERLINK "http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/db.html" decibel scale:
Decibels measure the ratio of a given intensity I to the threshold of hearing intensity , so that this threshold takes the value 0 decibels (0 dB).

dB = 10log10(I/I0)

Decibel ( dB ) :
It is really 1/10 of a bel, which was named after the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell.

Bell= 10 dB

Transmission of Sound across Medium Boundariese
When an acoustic wave travelling in one medium encounters the boundary
of a second medium, reflected and transmitted waves are generated. For example, when sound strikes upon a solid partition, part is reflected, part absorbed within the material, and part transmitted to the other side or to elsewhere in the building.(see figure5).
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The ratios of the pressure amplitudes and intensities of the reflected and transmitted waves to those of the incident waves depend on the following factors:
(a) In angle of incidence,
(b) The densities of the two media, and
(c) The speeds of sound in the two media.


Acoustic impedance(z)
The acoustic impedance (Z) of a material is defined as the product of its density (ρ) and acoustic velocity (V).
Z = ρV

For a sound wave in air hitting the body ,Z1 , is the acoustic impedance of air and Z2 is the acoustic impedance of tissue .
If Z1 = Z2 , there is no reflected wave and transmission to the second medium is complete .
If Z2 ˂ Z1 , the sign change indicate a phase change of the reflected wave.

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The ratio of the reflected pressure amplitude R to the incident pressure amplitude A depends on the acoustic impedance of the two media , z1 and z2 ,as shown in figure 6.
R = Z2 Z1
A Z1 +Z2
( above relation is for sound striking perpendicular to the surface )

The ratio of the transmitted pressure amplitude T to the incident wave

amplitude A is
T = 2 Z2
A Z1+Z2
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The angle of refracted sound wave θt is determined by the velocities of sound in the two media v1 and v2 from the equation


Sin θi = Sin θt
v1 v2

Ultrasound

Ultrasound is defined as any sound wave above 20000Hz. Sound waves of this frequency are above the human audible range and therefore cannot be heard by humans. All sound waves, including ultrasound are longitudinal waves. Medical ultrasounds are usually of the order of MEGAHERTZ (1-15MHz). Ultrasound
as all sound waves are caused by vibrations and therefore cause no ionisation
and are safe to use on pregnant women. Ultrasound is also able to distinguish between muscle and blood and show blood movement.
When an ultrasound wave meets a boundary between two different materials some of it is refracted and some is reflected. The reflected wave is detected by the ultrasound scanner and forms the image.

Producing ultrasound wave

Ultrasound waves are produced by a transducer. A transducer is a device
that takes power from one source and converts the energy into another form electricity into sound waves. The sound waves begin with the mechanical
movement (oscillations) of a crystal that has been excited by electrical pulses,
this is called the piezoelectric effect.



figure ;transducer

Piezoelectric effect

When a potential difference is applied across certain crystals (piezoelectric)
the crystals themselves deform and contract a little. If the potential difference applied is alternating then the crystal vibrates at the same frequency and sends out ultrasonic waves. For ultrasound - lead zirconate titanate (PZT) crystals
are used. This process also works in reverse. The piezoelectric crystal acts a receiver of ultrasound by converting sound waves to converting alternating voltages and as a transmitter by converting alternating voltages to sound waves.


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A-Scan (Amplitude scan)
Pulses of ultrasound sent into the body, reflected ultrasound is detected and appear as vertical spikes on a CRO screen(figure 1).The horizontal positions of the spikes indicate the time it took for the wave to be reflected. A-scan gives no photo image.

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A-scan can be used to measure the depth of a structures in the body by sending a pulses of ultrasound into the body .The sound(echoes) is reflected from the body and the detected echo is converted into electric signal and displayed as the vertical deflection R on cathode ray tube, and then measure the time required to the receive the signal . This time can be converted to distance by using the velocity of sound
A-scan Ultrasound is used for
1. diagnostic testing in Opthalmology practices. This device can determine the
length of the eye (figure 2) and can be useful in diagnosing common sight
disorders. A-scans are also extremely beneficial in cataract surgeries, as they
enable the Opthalmologist to determine the power of the intraocular lens
(IOL) needed for the artificial implant. Another use for A-scans is diagnosing
and measuring masses in the eyes.
2. measure the size of foetal head.

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B scan ( Brightness modulation ).
The B-scan is a brightness modulation display . The principles are the same as
for the A scan except that the transducer is moved .As a result each echo
produces a dot on the oscilloscope at a position corresponding to the location
of the reflecting surface . The brightness is proportional to the echo amplitude .
B scan provide information about the internal structure of the body. The two dimensional B scan display echoes from both dimensions of a plane in a body , as shown in figure
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Medical application of B scan
B scans have been used in diagnosis studies of
1. eye
2 . Liver - frequency used is 2 3 MHz .
3 . Breast - frequency used is 2 3 MHz
4 . Heart
5 . Fetus
6 . Spleen , pancreas
7 . Detect pregnancy as early as fifth week and provide information on the size , location , and change with time of a fetus is extremely useful in both normal deliveries and cases such as abnormal bleeding and threatened abortion .The frequency used is in the range 1.5 3 MHz.


Ultrasound to measure motion
Two methods are used to obtain information about motion in the body with
ultrasound .
1 . M (motion ) scan : which is used to study motion , such as that of the heart
and the heart valves .
2 . Doppler technique , which is used to measure blood flow.
M-scan
The M scan combines certain features of A scan and the B scan .
The transducer is held stationary as in the A scan and the echoes appear
as dots as in the B scan , figure 2 .

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Doppler effect
When the sound source is moving toward the listener, the sound waves are pushed together and he hears a frequency higher than f◦,

f2 = fo [c / ( c- v) ]

or when he is moving toward the source
the sound waves are pushed together and he hears a frequency higher than f◦,
F3 = fo [ ( c + v ) / c


When the source is moving away from the listener, he hears a frequency lower
than fo .

F1 = fo [c/(c + v )]

The listener hear s a lower frequency from a sound source when it is moving away from him
F4 = fo [ (c v ) / c ]

If we know the frequency of the source fo and we can measure the frequency that is received by the listener , we can determine how fast the sound source or listener is moving . The frequency change is called Doppler shift .This technique has been used to measure the velocity ,figure 3 .

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The Doppler effect can be used to measure the speed of moving objects or fluids within the body , such as the blood .
Doppler shift ultrasound
The basic principle of Doppler shifted ultrasonic is that the ultrasound reflected from a moving target has its frequencies altered .
Doppler shift frequency

Δf = fr - ft

The Doppler shift in frequency of reflected ultrasonic may be used as a measure
of the velocity of the movement of the reflected surface .In this method the
ultrasonic wave is incident on the moving blood cells which scatter the incident radiation .The scattered wave is received by the second transducer . The transmitted and received signals are mixed and the resulting signals is the Doppler shift
frequency . This shift in frequency is produced because the scatters are moving .
The Doppler shift frequency is proportional to the blood velocity .
When a continuous ultrasound beam is receive d by some red blood cells in an artery moving away from the source , The blood hears a slightly lower frequency
than the original frequency fo. The blood sends back scattered echoes of the sound moving away from the detector , there is another shift to a still lower frequency (figure 4).
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The detector receives a back scattered signal that has undergone a double Doppler shift .When the blood is moving at an angle θ from the direction of the sound waves ,
the frequency change Δf (Doppler shift frequency) is


Δ f = 2 f v cosθ
c
Where f is the frequency of the initial ultrasonic wave .
v is the velocity of the blood
c is the velocity of sound .
Ө is the angle between the direction of movement and the effective
ultrasonic beam direction

Ultrasonic therapy

The primary effect used for therapy is the temperature rise due to the absorption of acoustic energy in the tissue .









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