Broadband measurements of phase velocity in Albunex® suspensions

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2145-2153

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

ALBUMINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SUSPENSIONS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0031959329     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.421360     Document Type: Article

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