High-frequency ultrasonic attenuation and backscatter coefficients of in vivo normal human dermis and subcutaneous fat

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1543-1556

  Raju, Balasundar I ^a,c   Srinivasan, Mandayam A ^b,c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Backscatter coefficient; Dermatology; Dermis; Fat; High frequency; In vivo; Skin; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTERING; DATA ACQUISITION; OILS AND FATS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

FOREARM DERMIS;

MEDICINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DERMIS; DIFFRACTION; FOREARM; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; DERMIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0035664493     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00456-2     Document Type: Article

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