Estimates of wave front distortion from measurements of scattering by model random media and calf liver

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 406-415

  Waag, Robert C ^a   Dalecki, Diane ^b   Smith, Wallace A ^c  

^a University of Rochester ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIVER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0024526281     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.397692     Document Type: Article

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