Advances in ultrasound biomicroscopy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-27

  Foster, F Stuart ^a   Pavlin, Charles J ^b   Harasiewicz, Kasia A ^a   Christopher, Donald A ^c   Turnbull, Daniel H ^d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ATL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomicroscopy; Developmental biology; Doppler; High frequency ultrasound; Intravascular ultrasound; Transducers; Ultrasonic tissue properties; Ultrasound; Ultrasound microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CARDIOLOGY; CARTILAGE; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; ONCOLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASOUND BIOMICROSCOPY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BIOMICROSCOPY; CARTILAGE; CORONARY ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0033954438     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00096-4     Document Type: Review

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