Estimating the Acoustic Attenuation Coefficient Slope for Liver from Reflected Ultrasound Signals

IEEE Transactions on Sonics and Ultrasonics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1979, Pages 353-361

  Schwartz, Mischa ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0018516290     PISSN: 00189537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-SU.1979.31116     Document Type: Article

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