Pulse-echo ultrasound speed measurements: Progress and prospects

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 633-646

  Robinson, D E ^a   Ophir, J ^b   Wilson, L S ^a   Chen, C F ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Estimation; Pulse echo; Speed measurement; Tissue characterisation; Tissue properties; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - TISSUE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - DIAGNOSIS;

PULSE-ECHO ULTRASOUND SPEED MEASUREMENTS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0025949386     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(91)90034-T     Document Type: Article

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