An investigation of backscatter power spectra from cells, cell pellets and microspheres

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 752-757

  Kolios, M C ^a,b   Taggart, L ^b,c   Baddour, R E ^a,b   Foster, F S ^b,d   Hunt, J W ^b,c   Czarnota, G J ^a,c   Sherar, M D ^b,c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BACKSCATTERING; BANDWIDTH; CELLS; DATA ACQUISITION; POLYSTYRENES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCERS;

POWER SPECTRA; RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) DATA; REGION OF INTEREST (ROI); ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 4143097134     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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