Spectral estimation for characterization of acoustic aberration

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-108

  Varslot, Trond ^a   Angelsen, Bjørn ^a   Waag, Robert C ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; BACKSCATTERING; FUNCTIONS; SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC ABERRATIONS; ORTHOGONAL EXPANSION; PHASE DIFFERENCE; STOCHASTIC MEDIUM;

ABERRATIONS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ENERGY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMANS; MUSCLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 3142735118     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1760799     Document Type: Article

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