Characterizing biological tissue using scanning laser acoustic microscopy: SLAM technique offers high resolution for determining the properties of individual layers

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-45

  Assentoft, J E ^a,b,d,e   Jorgensen C S ^a   Gregersen, H ^a,c,f   Christensen, L L ^c   Djurhuus, J C ^c   O'Brien Jr , W D ^b,g,h,i,j,k  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e Skejby Hospital

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^h Dept Elec Comp Eng of Bioeng

ⁱ Department of Bioengineering

^j Bioacoustics Research Laboratory

^k NIH Radiat Biophys Bioeng O

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ATTENUATION; CALCULATIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MICROSCOPES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; TISSUE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE ENERGY; GUINEA PIG URETHRA; INSERTION LOSSES; SCANNING LASER ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; URETHRA;

EID: 0030026621     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.482793     Document Type: Article

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