Methods for the characterization of ultrasonic transducers (search units) and instruments are presented.The instrument system is considered as three separate components consisting of a transducer, a receiver-display, and a pulser.The operation of each component is assessed independently.The methods presented were chosen because they provide the greatest amount of information about component operation and
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