Mechanisms of the View-Dependence of Ultrasonic Backscatter from Normal Myocardium

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 91-98

  Recchia, Dino ^a   Christopher, S Hall ^b   Shepard, Richard K ^a   James, G Miller ^b   Wickline, Samuel A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BACKSCATTERING; CHARACTERIZATION; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE;

CARDIAC MYOFIBERS; INSONIFICATION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTE; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTERING; VIEW DEPENDENCE;

ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

EID: 0029219270     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.368308     Document Type: Article

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