Statistics of envelope of high-frequency ultrasonic backscatter from human skin in vivo

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 871-882

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; FREQUENCIES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTER SIGNALS;

ULTRASONICS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FINGER; FOREARM; HUMAN; SKIN; ULTRASOUND;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; FINGERS; FOREARM; HUMANS; SKIN; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0036628588     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2002.1020157     Document Type: Article

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