Towards understanding the nature of high frequency backscatter from cells and tissues: An investigation of backscatter power spectra from different concentrations of cells of different sizes

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 606-609

  Kolios, M C ^a,b   Czarnota, G J ^a,c   Worthington, A ^c   Giles, A ^c   Tunis, A S ^b   Sherar, M D ^b,c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; CELL PELLETS; CELL SIZE; CYTOPLASM;

BACKSCATTERING; COMPOSITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CELLS;

EID: 21644439141     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2004.1417798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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