Propagation speed of sound assessment in the layers of the guinea-pig esophagus in vitro by means of acoustic microscopy

Ultrasonics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 263-268

  Assentoft, J E ^a   Gregersen, H ^a,b   O'Brien W D ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestive tract; Mucosa; Muscle; Ultrasound propagation speed

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IN VITRO STUDY; MUCOSA;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MUSCLE; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION;

MUCOSA; SCANNING LASER ACOUSTICS MICROSCOPY;

ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035354332     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(01)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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