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Creating the k-space grid and defining the medium properties |
This example provides a simple demonstration of using k-Wave for the simulation and detection of a time varying pressure source within a three-dimensional heterogeneous propagation medium. It builds on the Point Source In A Homogeneous Propagation Medium and Simulations In Three Dimensions examples.
Simulations in three-dimensions are performed in an analogous fashion to
those in one- and two-dimensions. The medium discretisation is again performed
by makeGrid
with two additional
inputs for the y-dimension (note the ordering of the inputs). Similarly,
matrices for the properties of the acoustic propagation medium also have
an extra dimension. The matrix indexing convention (z, x, y) is an extension
to that used in two-dimenions (z, x) where matrix row and column data correspond
to the z- and x- axes, respectively (this convention yields predictable results
when using imagesc
to plot image matrices).
% create the computational grid Nx = 64; % number of pixels in the x direction Ny = 64; % number of pixels in the y direction Nz = 64; % number of pixels in the z direction dx = 0.1e-3; % pixel width [m] dy = 0.1e-3; % pixel width [m] dz = 0.1e-3; % pixel height [m] kgrid = makeGrid(Nx, dx, Ny, dy, Nz, dz); % define the properties of the propagation medium medium.sound_speed = 1500*ones(Nz, Nx, Ny); % [m/s] medium.sound_speed(1:Nz/2, :, :) = 1800; % [m/s] medium.density = 1000*ones(Nz, Nx, Ny); % [kg/m^3] medium.density(:, Nx/4:end, :) = 1200; % [kg/m^3]
As in one- and two-dimensions, a time varying pressure source is defined by assigning a binary matrix (i.e., a matrix of 1's and 0's
with the same dimensions as the computational grid) to source.p_mask
where the
1's represent the pixels that form part of the source. The time varying input signal is then
assigned to source.p
. This must be the same length as kgrid.t_array
and can be a single time series
(in which case it is applied to all source elements), or a matrix of time series following
the source elements using MATLAB's standard column-wise linear matrix index ordering.
Here a sinusoidal input is assigned to a square source element. To avoid numerical
stabilities, the input should first be filtered using filterTimeSeries
(see the Filtering A Delta Function Input Signal Example
for more information).
% create the time array [kgrid.t_array dt] = makeTime(kgrid, medium.sound_speed); % define a square source element source_radius = 5; source.p_mask = zeros(Nz, Nx, Ny); source.p_mask(Nz/4, Nx/2 - source_radius:Nx/2 + source_radius, Ny/2 - source_radius:Ny/2 + source_radius) = 1; % define a time varying sinusoidal source source_freq = 2e6; source_mag = 1; source.p = source_mag*sin(2*pi*source_freq*kgrid.t_array); % smooth the source source.p = filterTimeSeries(kgrid, medium, source.p);
The computation is invoked by running kspaceFirstOrder3D
with the inputs defined above. By default, a visualisation of the propagating wave-field
(through the horizonal, median, and frontal planes) and a status bar are displayed.
As the size of the computation grid used in this example is particularly small
(64 pixels in each direction), the default PML size is reduced to 10 pixels to
prevent the sensor mask from being within the absorbing boundary layer
(see the Controlling The Absorbing Boundary Layer Example;
the PML will not work as effectively with this reduced size). To allow visualisation of the
source elements within the grid, the source mask is assigned to the optional input
'DisplayMask'
. This mask is overlayed onto the plot during the
simulation.
% input arguments input_args = {'PlotLayout', true, 'PMLSize', 10, 'DisplayMask', source.p_mask}; % run the simulation [sensor_data p_final] = kspaceFirstOrder3D(kgrid, medium, source, sensor, input_args{:});
By setting the optional input parameter 'PlotLayout'
to true
,
a plot of the initial pressure, and sound speed and density (if heterogenous) are produced.
A plot of display during simulation is shown below.
The effective visualisation of three-dimensional matrix data remains an important
part of data exploration and presentation. An animated slice-by-slice visualisation
of the final pressure field can be viewed using flyThrough
.
% view final pressure field slice by slice flyThrough(p_final);
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