Ultrasonic imaging of biofilms utilizing echoes from the biofilm/air interface

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 185-192

  Holmes, Andrew K ^a   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^a,c   Parry, Jacqueline D ^b,d,e   Challis, Richard E ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Nottingham University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

^g Institute of Electrical Engineers   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM (FFT); SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY OF BIOFILMS;

BIOFILMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

ULTRASONICS;

AIR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 33144480094     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1588404     Document Type: Article

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