Studies on ultrasonic scattering from quasi-periodic structures

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 114-124

  Manoj Narayanan, V ^a   Molthen, Robert C ^a   Shankar, P M ^a   Vergara, L ^a   Reid, J M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECKLE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

GOODNESS TO FIT TEST; PHASE STATISTICS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; QUASI PERIODIC STRUCTURES; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOMS;

ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

EID: 0030734414     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.585205     Document Type: Article

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