Effect of Corneal Hydration on Ultrasound Velocity and Backscatter

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 839-846

  Silverman, Ronald H ^a,b   Patel, Monica S ^a   Gal, Omer ^a   Sarup, Aman ^a   Deobhakta, Avnish ^a   Dababneh, Haitham ^a   Reinstein, Dan Z ^a,c   Feleppa, Ernest J ^b   Coleman, D Jackson ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LONDON VISION CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Cornea; Edema; Spectrum analysis; Speed of sound; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CORNEA; EDEMA; SPECTRUM-ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BACKSCATTERING; HYDRATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

SPEED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; CATTLE; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 67349112996     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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