HIFU-beam software:
Accurate and fast calculation of nonlinear fields generated by axially symmetric focusing transducers
HIFU-beam – a free open source software with graphical user interface for modeling nonlinear axially symmetric focused ultrasound beams with account for possible formation of shock fronts
The program requires MATLAB version 2017 or later!
Features of the software:
- Axially symmetric problems
- Model equations:
- Khokhlov–Zabolotskaya–Kuznetsov equation (KZK)Nonlinear wide-angle parabolic equation (WAPE)
- Source types:
- Single-element transducer with a shape of a spherical segment
- Multi-element focusing annular array
- Equivalent source method in the KZK model for strongly focusing sources
- Plane-layered medium with a frequency power-law absorption
- Calculation of temporal waveforms and frequency spectra, 1D and 2D distributions of the wave parameters