Ultrasonic backscatter and attenuation (11-27 MHz) variation with collagen fiber distribution in ex vivo human dermis

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-40

  Bridal, S Lori ^a,b   Fournier, Céline ^c   Coron, Alain ^a,b   Leguerney, Ingrid ^a,b   Laugier, Pascal ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Echosens   (France)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Backscatter; Collagen; Human dermis; Morphometry; Quantitative ultrasound; Skin

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SKIN; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; HUMAN DERMIS; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; MORPHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; ULTRASONIC ATTENUATION;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN FIBER; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST SURGERY; DERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; RADIOFREQUENCY; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33747185059     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460602800103     Document Type: Article

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