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Recently, several kinds of in vivo sound speed measurement techniques, using a pulse echo method, have been developed for the purpose of ultrasound tissue characterization.1,2,3The crossed beam method was proposed as a simple method by Haumschild and Greenleaf4 and Nishimura et al.5. This method uses two single probes. One probe is used for transmitting the ultrasound pulsed wave and the other for receiving the wave scattered from the region where the beams from the two probes cross. From the propagation time of the pulsed wave, the sound speed value is calculated. This method can also be realized using a linear array probe.6
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Kondo, M., Takamizawa, K., Hirama, M., Okazaki, K., Iinuma, K., Takehara, Y. (1989). A Fundamental Evaluation of in Vivo Sound Speed Mapping Technique by Crossed Beam Method. In: Shimizu, H., Chubachi, N., Kushibiki, Ji. (eds) Acoustical Imaging. Acoustical Imaging, vol 17. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0791-4_52
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