Beam path artifacts: “Partial” mirrors

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Beam path artifacts : Mirror image Bone and gas interfaces act as “total” mirrors – all the echoes deep to the mirror are artifact and have come from tissue on the transducer side of the mirror Soft tissue membranes can also produce mirror artifacts, but they act as “partial” mirrors – some sound is reflected Read more about Beam path artifacts: “Partial” mirrors[…]

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