Broadband measurements of the attenuation coefficient and backscatter coefficient for suspensions: A potential calibration tool

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1162-1171

  Hall, Christopher S ^a   Marsh, Jon N ^a   Hughes, Michael S ^b   Mobley, Joel ^a   Wallace, Kirk D ^a   Miller, James G ^a   Brandenburger, Gary H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SUSPENSION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0031055627     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418020     Document Type: Article

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