Accurate depth-independent determination of acoustic backscatter coefficients with focused transducers

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 2410-2416

  Hall, Timothy J ^a   Madsen, Ernest L ^a   Zagzebski, James A ^a   Boote, Evan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0024687251     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.397789     Document Type: Article

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