Acoustic transmission losses and field alterations due to human scalp hair

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1415-1419

  Raymond, Scott B ^a,b,c,d   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a,b,c,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSION LOSSES; HAIR PHANTOMS; HAIR REMOVAL;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FREQUENCIES; INSERTION LOSSES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

ACOUSTICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HAIR; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HAIR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 27644485815     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1509801     Document Type: Article

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