Frequency dependence of backscatter coefficient versus scatterer volume fraction

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-353

  Chen, Jian Feng ^a,b   Zagzebski, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL PHANTOMS; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENT; CONTINUUM MODELS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; SCATTER VOLUME FRACTION; SEPHADEX SCATTERERS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION;

CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; VOLUME FRACTION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0030150772     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.489390     Document Type: Article

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