Nonlinear propagation effects on broadband attenuation measurements and its implications for ultrasonic tissue characterization

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1126-1133

  D'hooge, Jan ^a   Bijnens, Bart ^a   Nuyts, Johan ^a   Gorce, Jean Marie ^b   Friboulet, Denis ^b   Thoen, Jan ^a   Van De Werf, Frans ^a   Suetens, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

BROADBAND ATTENUATION MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0032776050     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.427120     Document Type: Article

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