US backscatter and attenuation 30 to 50 MHz and MR T2 at 3 tesla for differentiation of atherosclerotic artery constituents in vitro

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1517-1525

  Lori Bridal, S ^a  

^a UPMC Univ Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; BLOOD VESSELS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE TRANSVERSE RELAXATION TIME;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032207052     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.738291     Document Type: Article

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