Model for the ultrasound reflection from micro-beads and cells distributed in layers on a uniform surface

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4189-4204

  Couture, O ^a   Cherin, E ^a   Foster, F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTILAYERS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML) CELLS; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; SPHERE LAYERS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASOUND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547248397     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/14/011     Document Type: Article

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