Wavefront amplitude distribution in the female breast

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 1-9

  Zhu, Qing ^a   Steinberg, Bernard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

BREAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOISE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0028306431     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.410466     Document Type: Article

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