Ultrasonic properties of tendon: Velocity, attenuation, and backscattering in equine digital flexor tendons

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3225-3232

  Miles, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HORSES; TENDONS;

EID: 0029869811     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.414866     Document Type: Article

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