Abstract
A theory for acoustic radiation force on a viscoelastic sphere of arbitrary size in soft tissue has been reported previously for a nonaxisymmetric incident field described via spherical harmonic expansion [Ilinskii et al., POMA 19, 045004 (2013)]. At the Fall 2014 ASA meeting, the model was used to compute the radiation force on scatterers with different sizes and properties at various positions relative to the focus of an axisymmetric incident beam. For a particle located away from the focus, the model predicts a change in the direction of the axial or the transverse component of the radiation force depending on properties of both the particle and the host medium. The focus of the present contribution is this change in direction. Scatterers with various sizes and mechanical properties are considered, and small particles are found to be more prone to this phenomenon. Additionally, the reversal in direction is found to be sensitive to variations in the shear modulus of the host medium. Comparisons are made with liquid as the shear modulus of the host medium spans the range of values encountered in soft tissue. [Work supported by the ARL:UT McKinney Fellowship in Acoustics.]
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