The ultrasonic attenuation coefficient for human blood plasma in the frequency range of 7-90 MHz

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2073-2077

  Filho, M M Calor ^a   Machado, J C ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Plasma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMICROSCOPY; COEFFICIENTS; PLANE WAVE PROPAGATION; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES;

ATTENUATION; BLOOD; HEAT CONDUCTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLASMAS; TISSUE;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 21644445422     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2004.1418244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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