The dependencies of phase velocity and dispersion on volume fraction in cancellous-bone-mimicking phantoms

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1197-1201

  Wear, Keith A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCELLOUS BONES; FILAMENT MATERIALS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENTS; IN-PHASE; SOFT TISSUES;

BONE; FILAMENTS (LAMP); POLYAMIDES; RAYON; TITRATION; VELOCITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

PHASE VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NYLONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 59849083580     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3050310     Document Type: Article

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