Numerical modeling in quantitative ultrasonic tomography of standing trees

International audienceThe aim of this project is to develop an ultrasonic device for parametric imaging of standing trees. The device is designed to perform both transmission and reflection measurements that can be therefore used for quantitative tomographic imaging. It allows various automatic acquisitions, since the angular position of the transducers could be adjusted. This makes possible to scan the wave propagation occurring in all directions inside the medium. The associated electronic set-up allows mainly measuring the slowness (and therefore the velocity) and the attenuation of the ultrasonic waves. Tomograms were computed by fast algebraic algorithms: (1) using the filtered backprojection algorithm with fan beam geometry, (2) using a new algorithm that we are developing based on a "layer-stripping" method. Our first numerical results on an academic and realistic phantom of tree are presented in this paper