Anisotropy of the backscatter coefficient of formalin-fixed ovine myocardium

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 581-586

  Yang, Min ^a   Krueger, Todd M ^a   Holland, Mark R ^a   Miller, James G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; INSONIFICATION; OVINE MYOCARDIUM; PREDOMINANT MYOFIBERS;

TISSUE;

FORMALDEHYDE; FIXATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LAMB; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROPHONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SOUND PRESSURE; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY; SHEEP; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; MYOCARDIUM; SHEEP; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 34547446821     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2737747     Document Type: Article

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