Audible in utero sound caused by the ultrasonic radiation force from a real-time scanner

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 523-527

  Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam ^a   Talbert, David G ^c   Nyman, Margareta ^b   Westgren, Magnus ^b   Su, Hsu Tar ^a   Ratnam, Shan S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audible utero sound; Hydrophone; Radiation force; Transducer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; FETUS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCUS; MALLEUS; NOISE; PREGNANCY; SOUND INTENSITY; STAPES; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VIBRATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0030475729     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1996.tb01067.x     Document Type: Article

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