Transmission of ultrasound beams through human tissue-focussing and attenuation studies

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1979, Pages

  Foster, F Stuart ^a,b   Hunt, John W ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Echography; Focussing; Tissue properties; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN CELL; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASONIC CLEANING;

BRAIN; BREAST; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; WATER;

EID: 0018568468     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(79)90017-6     Document Type: Article

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