In-vivo measurements of ultrasound attenuation in normal or diseased liver

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 127-136

  Parker, K J ^a   Asztely, M S ^a,b   Lerner, R M ^a   Schenk, E A ^a   Waag, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustics; liver disease; tissue characterization; Ultrasonic attenuation; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023861054     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(88)90180-9     Document Type: Article

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