Acoustic properties of normal and cancerous human liver-II Dependence on tissue structure

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 135-144

  Bamber, J C ^a   Hill, C R ^a   King, J A ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Backscattering; Collagen content; Diffuse liver disease; Fat content; Human liver; Secondary liver cancer; Speed of sound; Tissue structure; Ultrasonics; Water content

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN CELL; LIVER; LIVER METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

COLLAGEN; FATS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MATHEMATICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 0019425327     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(81)90002-8     Document Type: Article

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