A Review of Tissue Characterization from Ultrasonic Scattering

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-31, Issue 12, 1984, Pages 884-893

  Waag, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MATHEMATICS; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW;

ACOUSTICS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DOGS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS - FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ULTRASONIC WAVES - SCATTERING;

SCATTERING CROSS-SECTIONS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0021645213     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1984.325254     Document Type: Article

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