College Physics with MasteringPhysics 7th Edition by Jerry Wilson,Anthony Buffa,Bo Lou

Exercise 10

The speed of sound in human tissue is on the order of 1500 m/s. A 3.50-MHz probe is used for an ultrasonic procedure. (a) If the effective physical depth of the ultrasound is 250 wavelengths, what is the physical depth in meters (b) What is the time lapse for the ultrasound to make a round trip if reflected from an object at the effective depth (c) The smallest detail capable of being detected is on the order of one wavelength of the ultrasound. What would this be