Ultrasonic Speed of Sound Dispersion Imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 762-767

  Levy, Yoav ^a   Agnon, Yehuda ^a   Azhari, Haim ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Medical imaging; Speed of sound dispersion; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCANNING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC DISPERSION;

COMPUTERIZED SCANNING SYSTEM; SPEED OF SOUND DISPERSION (SOSD); TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VELOCITY; WATER IMMERSION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SOYBEAN OIL; TURKEYS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; WATER;

EID: 34247483124     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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