Determining the Acoustic Properties of the Lens Using A High-Frequency Ultrasonic Needle Transducer

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1971-1977

  Huang, Chih Chung ^a,c   Zhou, Qifa ^a   Ameri, Hossein ^b   Wu, Da Wei ^a   Sun, Lei ^a   Wang, Shyh Hau ^c   Humayun, Mark S ^b   Shung, K Kirk ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Cataract; High frequency ultrasound; Sound velocity; Transducer

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SYSTEMS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS; ATTENUATION; CATARACT; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY;

LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NIOBIUM; TITANIUM;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CATARACT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASONIC NEEDLE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; LENS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; SUS SCROFA; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 36048963354     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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