Frequency dependence of acoustic backscatter from 5 to 65 MHz (0.06 (5) Bridal, S Lori a Wallace, Kirk D a Trousil, Rebecca L a Wickline, Samuel A a Miller, James G a a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (United States)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1841-1848

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; POLYSTYRENE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0029823937     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.416003     Document Type: Article

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