Modeling the frequency dependence (5-120 MHz) of ultrasound backscattering by red cell aggregates in shear flow at a normal hematocrit

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2893-2900

  Fontaine, Isabelle ^a   Cloutier, Guy ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTERING;

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; COUETTE FLOW; MEDICAL APPLICATION; MODEL; SHEAR FLOW; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTICS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FLOW KINETICS; HEMATOCRIT; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038033070     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1564606     Document Type: Article

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