A Dispersive Model for the Propagation of Ultrasound in Soft Tissue

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1982, Pages 355-377

  Gurumurthy, K V ^a   Arthur, R Martin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hilbert transform relations; impulse response; Kramers Kronig relations; linear and minimum phase systems; phase velocity; slope of attenuation; tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND PROPAGATION;

MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0020353767     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173468200400406     Document Type: Article

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