Measurements of the anisotropy of ultrasonic attenuation in freshly excised myocardium

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3130-3139

  Baldwin, Steven L ^a   Marutyan, Karen R ^a   Yang, Min ^a   Wallace, Kirk D ^a   Holland, Mark R ^a   Miller, James G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIO SYSTEMS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASONIC ATTENUATION;

ATTENUATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LAMB; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 33646451352     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2188333     Document Type: Article

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