Theoretical framework for spectrum analysis in ultrasonic tissue characterization

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1983, Pages 1366-1373

  Coleman, Jackson ^b   Greenebaum, Michael ^a   Feleppa, Ernest J ^a   Elbaum, Marek ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

43.80. Cs; 43.80. Qf; 87.60. Bi; 87.70. Es; PACS numbers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; THEORETICAL STUDY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MINICOMPUTERS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0020736522     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.389241     Document Type: Article

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