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This example shows how k-Wave can be used to model the output of a focussed bowl detector where the directionality arises from spatially averaging across the detector surface. It builds on the Homogeneous Propagation Medium and Using A Binary Sensor Mask examples.
For large single element detectors, the directionality arises because the output is spatially averaged across the pressure field on the transducer surface. Here this effect is simulated using a focussed bowl detector (defined using a binary sensor mask) created with makeCircle.
% define a sensor as part of a circle centred on the grid sensor_radius = 65; % [pixels] arc_angle = pi; % [rad] sensor.mask = makeCircle(Nx, Nz, Nx/2, Nz/2, sensor_radius, arc_angle);
To illustrate the directionality of the simulated detector, a disc shaped source (created using makeDisc) is first placed at the focus of the detector and then horizontally offset. A visualisation of the two simulations (with the initial pressure distribution overlayed) is given below.
The output from the simulated single element detector is then obtained by averaging the time signals
recorded at each pixel within the sensor.mask
giving a single time series output.
The resulting time series for both source positions are shown below; it is clear that the detector
produces a larger output for the source nearer the focus of the detector.
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