On the relation between aggregation, packing and the backscattered ultrasound signal for whole blood

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1395-1405

  Lim, Brian ^a   Cobbold, Richard S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Computer simulation; Packing; Ultrasonic scattering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEMATOCRIT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; AGGLOMERATION; BLOOD; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

CELL PACKING; HEMATOCRITS; RED BLOOD CELLS (RBC);

ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

EID: 0032586119     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00085-X     Document Type: Article

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