In Vivo Measurements of Ultrasonic Beam Distortion in the Breast

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 71-90

  Trahey, G E ^a   Freiburger, P D ^a   Nock, L F ^a   Sullivan, D C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0025968669     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469101300104     Document Type: Article

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