The direct estimation of sound speed using pulse-echo ultrasound

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 3099-3106

  Anderson, Martin E ^a   Trahey, Gregg E ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND DETECTION; VELOCITY;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOUND; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0031765067     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.423889     Document Type: Article

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