Ultrasonic Reflection Tomography vs. Canonical Body Approximation: Experimental Assessment of an Infinite Elastic Cylindrical Tube

Abstract

Comparisons were made between the results obtained using two quantitative ultrasound imaging methods on the solid cross section of a cylindrical tube that is infinite in the axial direction. The first method tested was the classical reflection tomography method based on the first-order Born approximation, which can only be used under conditions to obtain limited reconstruction of the external boundaries of the high contrast scatterer. The results were compared with those obtained using another inversion scheme based on the Intercepting Canonical Body Approximation (ICBA) in a large frequency range, which gives accurate complete geometrical information about the tube (thickness measurements). The numerical and experimental results obtained show the feasibility of the latter approach.