Measurement of the ultrasonic attenuation coefficient of human blood plasma during clotting in the frequency range of 8 to 22 MHz

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1055-1064

  Calor Filho, Marcos Muniz ^a   Machado, João Carlos ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Clot; Plasma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COAGULATION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEINS; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD PLASMA; CLOT; FIBRINS; THROMBOPLASTIN;

BLOOD;

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHEMICAL REACTION; FREEZE DRYING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND;

BLOOD COAGULATION; FIBRIN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PLASMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 33745592201     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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