Attenuation coefficient and sound speed in human myometrium and uterine fibroid tumors

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 473-480

  Keshavarzi, Amid ^a   Vaezy, Shahram ^a   Kaczkowski, Peter J ^b   Keilman, George ^c   Martin, Roy ^a   Chi, Emil Y ^b   Garcia, Rochelle ^b   Fujimoto, Victor Y ^d  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Sonic Concepts   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Fibroid tumors; High intensity focused ultrasound; Myometrium; Sound speed

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ATTENUATION; TISSUE; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

PULSE TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUE; SOUND SPEED;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MYOMETRIUM; SOUND TRANSMISSION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0035041339     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2001.20.5.473     Document Type: Article

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