Absorption and Attenuation in Soft Tissues II- Experimental Results

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 511-521

  Lyons, Mark E ^a   Parker, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS -- TISSUE;

SOFT TISSUES; ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION; ULTRASONIC ATTENUATION; ULTRASONIC LOSS;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EID: 0024037725     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.4189     Document Type: Article

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