Relationship of Ultrasonic Spectral Parameters to Features of Tissue Microstructure

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 319-329

  Lizzi, Frederic L ^a   Ostromogilsky, Michael ^a   Feleppa, Ernest J ^a   Rorke, Mary C ^a   Yaremko, Mykola M ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING - ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - TISSUE;

TISSUE MICROSTRUCTURE; ULTRASONIC SPECTRAL PARAMETERS;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EID: 0023348921     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-UFFC.1987.26950     Document Type: Article

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