Ultrasonic assessment of skin and surgical wounds utilizing backscatter acoustic techniques to estimate attenuation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 43-53

  Forster, Fred K ^a   Olerud, John E ^a   Riederer Henderson, Mary Ann ^a   Holmes, Anne W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Attenuation; Backscatter; Collagen; Skin; Ultrasonic tissue characterization; Ultrasonics; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES - SCATTERING; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - SKIN; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - SURGERY APPLICATIONS; COLLAGEN; ULTRASONIC WAVES - ATTENUATION;

BACKSCATTER ACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; SURGICAL WOUNDS; WOUND HEALING;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SKIN INJURY; SURGICAL WOUND; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMAL; COLLAGEN; DOGS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0025181530     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(90)90085-Q     Document Type: Article

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