Evaluation of Ultrasound Attenuation Characteristics of Human Cataract

Informatica

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-540

  Paunksnis, Alvydas ^a   Kurapkiene, Skaidra ^a   Mačiulis, Audris ^b   Paunksniene, Marija Liucija ^c  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Acoustic parameters; Digital signal processing; Nuclear and diabetic cataract; Ultrasound attenuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742306163     PISSN: 08684952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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