Anisotropy of the apparent frequency dependence of backscatter in formalin fixed human myocardium

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 563-568

  Hall, Christopher S ^a   Verdonk, Edward D ^a   Wickline, Samuel A ^a   Perez, Julio E ^a   Miller, James G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031021722     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418119     Document Type: Article

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