Ultrasound attenuation estimation using backscattered echoes from multiple sources

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1367-1373

  Bigelow, Timothy A ^a  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ESTIMATION; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

BACKSCATTERED ECHOES; BACKSCATTERED ULTRASOUND; CENTER FREQUENCIES; MULTIPLE SOURCES; PROPAGATION PATHS; ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION; WATER BATHS;

ULTRASONICS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTERED ECHOES; BATH; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 49349106819     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2949519     Document Type: Article

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