The use of angular acoustic scattering measurements to estimate structural parameters of human and animal tissues

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1986, Pages 2048-2054

  Hill, C R ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TISSUE; TISSUE TYPING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CATS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MATHEMATICS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022534694     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.393213     Document Type: Article

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