Scatterer size estimation in pulse-echo ultrasound using focused sources: Calibration measurements and phantom experiments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 594-602

  Bigelow, Timothy A ^a   O'Brien Jr , William D ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ATTENUATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLASS; TISSUE;

CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS; SCATTER SIZE ESTIMATION;

ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 3142772030     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1757453     Document Type: Article

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