A new ultrasound method for determining the acoustic phase shifts caused by the skull bone

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 771-780

  Aarnio, Jussi ^a   Clement, Greg T ^b   Hynynen, Kullervo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Noninvasive; Phase shift; Reflection; Transskull therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BONE; BRAIN; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE SHIFT; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC PHASE SHIFTS; MULTIELEMENT ARRAYS; SINGLE-LAYER PLASTIC PLATES; TRANSCRANIAL PROPAGATION;

ULTRASONICS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKULL;

EID: 20144367480     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.01.019     Document Type: Article

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