Acoustic speed and attenuation coefficient in sheep aorta measured at 5-9 MHz

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 971-980

  Fraser, Katharine H ^a   Poepping, Tamie L ^a   McNeilly, Alan ^b   Megson, Ian L ^c   Hoskins, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic speed; Aorta; Artery; Attenuation coefficient; B mode; Phantom; Scanning acoustic macroscope; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ATTENUATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSELS; FREQUENCIES;

ACOUSTIC SPEED; AORTA; ARTERY; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; B-MODE; PHANTOM; SCANNING ACOUSTIC MACROSCOPE; SEGMENTATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

BUFFER;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AORTA; BODY TEMPERATURE; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 33745138249     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.02.1417     Document Type: Article

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