Excitation and propagation of surface waves on a viscoelastic half-space with application to medical diagnosis

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3678-3686

  Royston, T J ^a   Mansy, H A ^b   Sandler, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXCITATION; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCOELASTICITY; WAVEFORM;

DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASONICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032793371     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428219     Document Type: Article

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