Relevance of sonographic artifacts observed during in vitro characterization of urocystolith mineral composition

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 438-446

  Weichselbaum, Ralph C ^a   Feeney, Daniel A ^a   Jessen, Carl R ^a   Osborne, Carl A ^a   Dreytser, V ^c   Holte, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic shadowing; Artifacts; Canine; Comet tail; Reverberation; Ring down; Ultrasonography; Urocystoliths

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0034279168     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2000.tb01868.x     Document Type: Article

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