Measurements of ultrasonic backscatter coefficients in human liver and kidney in vivo

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1852-1857

  Wear, Keith A ^a   Garra, Brian S ^b   Hall, Timothy J ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0029154807     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.413372     Document Type: Article

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