Large-transducer measurements of wavefront distortion in the female breast

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 276-299

  Zhu, Qing ^a   Steinberg, Bernard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Female breast; image artifact; refraction; wavefront aberration

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0026444042     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469201400304     Document Type: Article

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