Measurement and correction of ultrasonic pulse distortion produced by the human breast

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 1958-1969

  Hinkelman, Laura M ^a   Liu, Dong Lai ^a   Waag, Robert C ^a   Zhu, Qing ^b   Steinberg, Bernard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE CULTURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0028919522     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.412069     Document Type: Article

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