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Application of Ultrasonic Waves to Detect Sealworms in Fish Tissue
Author(s) -
HAFSTEINSSON HANNES,
PARKER KEVIN,
CHIVERS ROBERT,
RIZVI SYED S.H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1989.tb03053.x
Subject(s) - gadus , attenuation , atlantic cod , ultrasound , haddock , ultrasonic sensor , fish <actinopterygii> , swim bladder , fishery , biology , materials science , anatomy , acoustics , optics , physics
The potential of employing ultrasonic waves to detect sealworms embedded deep in the fish musculature was demonstrated. Images were made of sealworm‐infested cod by using both the scanning laser acoustic microscopic technique, as well as the pulse‐echo technique at 10 MHz. Also, attenuation of ultrasound in the frequency range from 1.0 to 12.25 MHz was studied in Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua ), haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus ), ocean catfish ( Anarhichas lupus ), and the parasitic sealworm ( Phocanema decipiens ). The difference in the attenuation of ultrasound in sealworms and in fish tissue increased as a function of frequency. The differences between ultrasonic properties (attenuation and backscatter) of fish tissue and seal‐worms was attributable to the high collagen content of the sealworms. The differences were sufficiently large at 10 MHz that sealworms could be detected in over 4 cm thickness of fish tissue.