Acoustic measurements in a tissue mimicking liquid

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-62

  Macdonald, Michael C ^a   Madsen, Ernest L ^b  

^a GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nonlinearity; Tissue mimicking liquid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIQUID; SOFT TISSUE; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032947540     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.1.55     Document Type: Conference Paper

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