Evaluation of the unscanned soft-tissue thermal index

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1459-1476

  O'Brien Jr , William D ^a   Scott Ellis, D ^a  

^a Uic Rinncoiictick Rnsnardi LaboratoryDoparlniont of Eloctricnl Nul   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION;

UNSCANNED SOFT-TISSUE THERMAL INDEX;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0033308014     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.808870     Document Type: Article

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