Interlaboratory comparison of ultrasonic backscatter coefficient measurements from 2 to 9 MHz

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1235-1250

  Wear, Keith A ^a   Stiles, Timothy A ^b   Frank, Gary R ^b   Madsen, Ernest L ^b   Cheng, Francis ^c   Feleppa, Ernest J ^e   Hall, Christopher S ^d   Kim, Beom Soo ^f   Lee, Paul ^e   O'Brien Jr , William D ^g   Oelze, Michael L ^g   Raju, Balasundar I ^d   Shung, K Kirk ^f   Wilson, Thaddeus A ^h   Yuan, Jian R ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Boston Scientific   (United States)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^e RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Interlaboratory comparison; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTERING; SPEED CONTROL; TISSUE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ATTENUATION COEFICIENT; BACKSCATTER; INTERLABOARTORY COMPARISON; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHANTOM; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 24144460550     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.9.1235     Document Type: Article

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