Principles and Applications of Ultrasound Backscatter Microscopy

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 608-617

  Stuart Foster, F ^a   Pavlin, Charles J ^a   Lockwood, Geoff R ^a   Ryan, Linda K ^a   Harasiewicz, Kasia A ^a   Berube, Luc ^b   Michael Rauth, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; TRANSDUCERS;

DRUG TARGETING OXIC; HYPOXIC CELL POPULATION; MICROSCOPIC RESOLUTION; TUMOR SPHEROIDS; ULTRASOUND BACKSCATTER MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND PULSE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0027664734     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.238115     Document Type: Article

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