Ultrasonic backscatter from rat blood in aggregating media under in vitro rotational flow

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-279

  Nam, Kweon Ho ^a   Paeng, Dong Guk ^b   Choi, Min Joo ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-SCATTERED; CYLINDRICAL CHAMBERS; FLOW SPEED; FOCUSED TRANSDUCERS; HEMATOCRIT DEPENDENCES; IN-VITRO; MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE; PULSE ECHOES; RADIO-FREQUENCY SIGNALS; RAT BLOODS; RED BLOOD CELLS; STATIC CONDITIONS; ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTERS;

BACKSCATTERING; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; PLASMAS; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERS; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD;

POVIDONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEMATOCRIT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; POVIDONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESEARCH DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 62349109256     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1036     Document Type: Article

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