The ultrasound macroscope: Initial studies of breast tissue

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1984, Pages 243-261

  Foster, F S ^a   Strban, M ^a   Austin, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; backscattering; breast; imaging; tissue characterization; ultrasound; velocity

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTER; BREAST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND MACROSCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC DISEASE OF BREAST; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0021710776     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173468400600301     Document Type: Article

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