The effects of desiccation on skull bone sound speed in porcine models

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1708-1710

  White, P Jason ^a   Palchaudhuri, Sonali ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a   Clement, Greg T ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; DEIONIZED WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BROADBAND PULSES; SKULL BONE SOUND SPEED; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS;

ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; DESICCATION; ECHOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; SKULL; SWINE;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DESICCATION; SKULL; SWINE;

EID: 34548056626     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.443     Document Type: Article

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