Flat ended steel wires, backscattering targets for calibrating over a large dynamic range

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1585-1599

  Lubbers, Jaap ^a   Graaff, Reindert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calibration; Flat ended steel wire; Scanner; Scattering; Standards; Target reflection; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FLAT ENDED STEEL WIRES; SCANNERS; TARGET REFLECTION;

BACKSCATTERING; CALIBRATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; ULTRASONICS; WIRE;

STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STAINLESS STEEL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33749527029     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.05.026     Document Type: Article

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